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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Louis P. Stone Letter

 Collection — 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

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

University of Virginia memorial for Civil War Confederate soldiers reproductions

 Collection — Digital_container 1
Identifier: RG-30/21/2
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of reproductions of bronze plaques that served as a memorial to University of Virginia alumni that died in the Civil War fighting for the Confederacy.

Dates: Digitized: 2018

Valley of the Shadow Project -addition 1

 Unprocessed Material — Box ViU2022-0042_001: [Barcode: X032571301]
Identifier: ViU-2022-0042

Watts family papers-addition

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: X032669251]
Identifier: MSS 12170
Content Description The Watts family papers of Roanoke County, Virginia at "Oaklands" in Flat Creek, Campbell County) consist of correspondence and documents related to the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the United States Civil War, war with Osceola and Seminole tribes in Florida, Virginia politics, economic and social history (including enslavement),land ownership, farming, court cases and debt from 1786 to 1950 in southwest Virginia. The Watts are related to many other Virginia families including James...
Dates: 1786-1950