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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 82 Collections and/or Records:

Carl Schurz collection

 Collection
Identifier: FVW-CSZ
Scope and Content The Carl Schurz collection is organized into three series. The first and most substantial series is a collection of correspondences mostly written by Carl Schurz himself. The collection is comprised mostly of original documents; however, some of the correspondences are also photocopies and have been noted as such in the breakdown. Other authors in the collection include Abraham Lincoln and Gideon Welles. The addressees of the letters are incredibly varied and range from other statesmen like...
Dates: 1857 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1857 - 1906
Found in: The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana / Carl Schurz collection

Shaw Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-12
Scope and Content Papers of Thompson B. Shaw (1796-1854), plantation owner of Jefferson County, collected by the McKell and McCallum families.The Shaw family papers document the history of Jefferson County, Mississippi, planter Thompson Breckenridge Shaw (1796-1854) and his family. The collection includes Civil War letters, bills of sale for enslaved people, records of the cotton trade and the family plantation, a scrapbook, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, autograph books, daguerreotypes,...
Dates: 1818 - 1959
Found in: Manuscripts / Shaw Family Papers

J. A. Shingleur Letters

 Collection — Box Miscellaneous Manuscripts Box 3
Identifier: MSS-266
Scope and Content

Sixteen letters written by J. A. Shingleur to his wife in Georgia from Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Also includes 4 letters written from the North after the war. Subjects include army life, family affairs, business.

Dates: 1863 - 1880
Found in: Manuscripts / J. A. Shingleur Letters

W. J. Simmons Family Papers

 Collection — Box Misc. MSS Box 3
Identifier: MSS-269
Scope and Contents

Two 1862 letters between Sally and G. W. (George Whitfield) Simmons; undated notes; war poetry, undated; essays, 1862 and undated; receipt. Copies.

Dates: 1859-1862, undated
Found in: Manuscripts / W. J. Simmons Family Papers

George Sledge Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-565
Scope and Content

Account of Stanford's Battery, Eldridges Battalion, Army of Tennessee, March, October 1864.

Dates: 1864
Found in: Manuscripts / George Sledge Diary

Jeannine Smith Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-731
Scope and Content This collection centers around Artesia, Mississippi, a small town in Lowndes County that is best known as the junction point for the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. Throughout its history, the town has had several historical points of interest, including Civil War hospitals, political uprisings, hay festivals, and famous restaurants. The collection contains history of the town and genealogical materials regarding local families, as well as Civil War service documents and reconstruction...
Dates: 1735 - 2008
Found in: Manuscripts / Jeannine Smith Collection

George A. Smythe Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-66
Scope and Contents These papers mostly concern George A. Smythe, an Englishman who obtained U.S. citizenship in 1859 and settled in Jackson; and correspondence (1892-1943) of Ella V. Hipple and other family members.Includes deeds, tax receipts, and other business and legal papers (1839-1938) of George A. Smythe, Arthur W. Smythe, and Ella V. (Smythe) Hipple; ledger (1836-1865) of the firm Daly and McKee, Jackson, Miss.; other items many dealing with the antebellum, Civil War, and reconstruction...
Dates: 1836 - 1943
Found in: Manuscripts / George A. Smythe Papers

Jesse Roderick Sparkman Civil War Diary

 Collection — Box Misc. MSS Box 3
Identifier: MSS-273
Scope and Contents

Diary of Sparkman of Jeff Davis Legion, Company C, Mississippi Cavalry (Southern Guards), 1861-1865. Also Sparkman family data. Compiled by Mildred K. Holman.

Dates: 1860
Found in: Manuscripts / Jesse Roderick Sparkman Civil War Diary

William Starling Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-17
Scope and Content Papers of William Starling (1839-1900), Union soldier and engineer for Mississippi River levee systems. Content includes: diaries containing descriptions of Starling's activities as a planter and engineer and of a tour of Holland; manuscript of a chapter of a novel, draft of a book on the U.S. Government, and index to literature and literary and historic figures; notebooks pertaining to Starling's student days at New York University and presenting observations on the Mississippi River and a...
Dates: 1854 - 1900
Found in: Manuscripts / William Starling Papers

John Marshall Stone letter book collection

 Collection
Identifier: CPRC-JMS
Scope and Content

Volumes consist of letters, speeches, and correspondence from the time when John Marshall Stone was Governor of Mississippi, and when he ran for Senator of Mississippi. The volumes give examples of speeches given by Stone, issues he faced as Governor, such as Bimetallism, and Special Warrants, and his service in the Civil War. Fonds also include several loose documents placed within the pages of the volumes dating from Stone’s time in office.

Dates: 1893 - 1899
Found in: Mississippi Political Collections / John Marshall Stone letter book collection

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