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Louis P. Stone Letter
Item — Box BW 57: [Barcode: X032668454], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16858
Content Description
This collection contains a letter from Louis P. Stone (1843-1903) to Colonel Tracy describing his exploits as a U.S. Secret Service operative and requesting payment for his services. Stone was a U.S. Secret Service operative during the first two years of the Civil War. The "Secret Service," before officially inaugurated as the investigative branch of the Treasury Department in 1865, was the unofficial name for the intelligence services in the Union Army. The letter contains Stone's account...
Dates:
1863 May 3
Blockade Civil War letter from wife Isabella and her children, Jumain, Miriam, and Rosa to her husband in Cuba
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: X032762544]
Identifier: MSS 16853
Content Description
This collection contains a rare letter written by a woman named Isabella, and her children, Jumain, Miriam, and Rosa, to her unnamed husband describing their attempts to sail from Galveston, Texas, to join him in Havana, Cuba. Their passage was on a blockade runner that failed as they could not pass through the Union ships. The back of the letter contains short notes from each of the children addressed to their father.
Dates:
March 7, 1865
Records of the Albemarle Chapter, No. 1 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: X032669420]
Identifier: MSS 11331
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook of pertinent clippings from newspapers and magazines about the Civil War.
Dates:
1951-1954
Mathew Brady Studio: Union Civil War Camp photograph of African Americans
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: X032762384]
Identifier: MSS 16833
Content Description
This collection contains an albumen photograph of a Union wagon camp in Virginia during the Civil War from the Washington D.C. studio of Mathew Brady. Brady was one of the earliest and most famous photographers in American history. He is best known for his scenes of the Civil War. He often photographed Black soldiers and laborers during the war, mostly in Union or contraband camps. The present image documents for posterity a number of Black soldiers and laborers working towards a Union...
Dates:
c.1864
Jefferson Davis comic carte de visite engravings
Collection — Folder MSS16816_001: [Barcode: X032762282]
Identifier: MSS 16816
Content Description
This collection contains five comic carte de visite engravings illustrating Jefferson Davis's capture. Davis, president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1861–1865), was captured on May 10, 1865, by Union cavalry near Irwinville, Georgia. It was rumored that Davis disguised himself in a woman's dress when caught. The titles and printing information include: "How do you like it, Jefferson D.?," Kellogg Brothers, Hartford, CT, 1865; "The last ditch of the...
Dates:
1865
Sylvenus A. Fay Civil War diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS 16708
Content Description
Sylvenus A. Fay diary recounting the daily events of camp life and fighting, his capture by Confederates during the Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina and waiting for an exchange for his freedom with hundreds of Union Officers. Lieutenant Fay was the commanding officer of Company F, 85th New York Infantry. In January 1864, the 85th Infantry was ordered to Plymouth NC, where in April, almost the entire regiment was captured. There is significant information in the diary about...
Dates:
1864
John G. Staysa Civil War Diary
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: X031579410]
Identifier: MSS 16812
Dates:
January 25 - June 2, 1862
John L. Nau III Civil War History Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 16459
Scope and Contents
The John L. Nau III Civil War History Collection (1806-1988, bulk 1861-1865; 133 cubic feet) contains Civil War-era correspondence, service records, pension records, artifacts, photographs, military records (including orders, requisitions, and correspondence), currency, newspapers, and other print materials. The collection primarily contains the correspondence, records, and photographs of white soldiers and officers who fought in the Civil War, including white officers serving in...
Dates:
1806-1988; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1865
Joel Gardner collections of war memorabilia and materials related to the University of Virginia
Collection
Identifier: MSS 16773
Content Description
This collection contains war materials and materials related to the University of Virginia both donated by Joel Gardner. The war memorabila is from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century including a certification that Sergeant James Goldsmith served in the Continental Army in 1781; a letter dated July 8, 1862 requesting permission to form a "Company of 'Partisan Rangers" from the Confederate States Army; a photograph of Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler following a September 24, 1938...
Dates:
1848-1970
Correspondence of William W. Crapo Concerning the Alabama Claims Cases
Collection
Identifier: MSS-98-3
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1870 (1871-1872)-1876
Anna Maria Hickman Otis Mead Chalmers family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 4966
Scope and Contents
The papers of Anna Maria (Campbell Hickman) Otis Mead Chalmers (1809-1891) and her family offer a deep look into a 19th century American family with a sharp focus on enslaved and formerly enslaved persons. The collection documents the life of a young, widowed woman, Anna Maria Mead Chalmers, who was the granddaughter of General William Hull (1753-1825). She was a mother of four children and became a businesswoman in Richmond, Virginia. She was a writer, an editor of the Southern Churchmen,...
Dates:
1821 - 1897
Bennett Taylor papers--addition
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 9221
Content Description
MSS 9221 Bennett Taylor papers consist of family correspondence with letters to and from Bennett about education at the University of Virginia, descriptions of United States Civil War battles including the 19th Virginia Regiment Company F, Picketts Divison at 2nd Manassas, a prisoner exchange for Lieutenant Colonel Bennett Taylor from Johnson Island in Lake Erie New York, and family news of descendants of Thomas Jefferson and local Charlottesville families from 1851-1894. Correspondence of...
Dates:
1851 - 1894
William Allen Butler family papers (and related Terry, Collins families)
Collection
Identifier: MSS 16447
Scope and Contents
This collection depicts the family lives of three prominent New England families, the Butler, Collins, and Terry families from 1808 to 1920 consisting of 8.5 cubic feet, (17 document boxes). Their correspondence, genealogy, photographs, and journals compile a historical collection, vast in size and informative of American life in the nineteenth century. It contains over three hundred letters written when family members were attending Yale or Princeton during the American Civil...
Dates:
1808-1959
Elizabeth Albee Brooks Diary
Unprocessed Material — Folder ViU2024-0062_001
Identifier: ViU-2024-0062
Dates:
1865
Julia Chase diary
Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2020-0048
Dates:
1861 - 1864
Ellen Strong Bartlett letters
Unprocessed Material — Folder ViU2024-0123_001: [Barcode: X032762545]
Identifier: ViU-2024-0123
Dates:
1864 - 1897
Jefferson Davis comic carte de visite
Unprocessed Material — Folder MSS16816_001: [Barcode: X032762282]
Identifier: ViU-2023-0126
Dates:
1865
1st Massachusetts Cavalry detachment invoice
Unprocessed Material — Folder ViU2024-0121_001: [Barcode: X032762543]
Identifier: ViU-2024-0121
Dates:
1962
Caroline Victoria Ozias letter
Unprocessed Material — Folder ViU2024-0120_001: [Barcode: X032762542]
Identifier: ViU-2024-0120
Dates:
October 20, 1864
John G. Staysa Civil War Diary
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: ViU-2023-0026
Dates:
January 25 - June 2, 1862