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  • Subject is exactly "United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865"
Ms1989_096_Doyle_Scrapbook.pdf

This patriotic Union scrapbook contains items mostly from the first year of the American Civil War, including Union songsheets, mourning cards,…
Ms1992-010_010.pdf

Harvey Bear's diary from 1862.
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/pickup/Omeka_upload/Ms2011-103_SquireHenry_Diary_JPEGs/Ms2011-103_Henry_Squire_Diary_frontcover.jpg

The 1863 diary of Henry Squire, 72nd New York Infantry and includes entries from January through July. Early entries detail camp life, war news, and…
Ms1995_027_Valentine_Scrapbook.pdf

This is a 50-page scrapbook compiled by Herbert E. Valentine with newspaper clippings written in 1911-1912 about his regiment's war activities,…
Ms1988_001_HuffHylton_GenealogyMaterials.pdf

The collection contained photocopies of genealogical research related to the Huff and Hylton families. These materials were scanned and combined into …
Ms1998_001_HuffHylton_Indenture_1807_0303a.jpg

Indenture between Bird Smith and William Thompson, for land on the west fork of Little River in Montgomery County, VA.
Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F1_InauguralInvit_1849_0305b.jpg

Invitation to Miss Virginia T. Preston to the Grand Inauguration Ball of Zachary Taylor (U.S. President) and Millard Filmore (Vice-President), March…
Ms2008-002_CohnJacob_Diary_1864_Frontcover.jpg

The diary of Jacob Cohn, a soldier in Company A, 54th Pennsylvania Infantry during the Civil War. Cohn's brief entries commence with April 14, 1864…
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/pickup/Omeka_upload/Ms2012-073_SmileyJacob_Diary_JPEGs/Ms2012_073_Smiley_Jacob_Diary_1863-1864_000a.jpg

The diary of Jacob Wallace Smith, a Union sharpshooter with the 7th Company, 1st Battalion, New York Sharpshooters, in the Northern Virginia…
Ms2010-006_MilesJames_Diary_1865_FrontCover.jpg

The Civil War diary of James Miles, an enlisted soldier in the 185th Regiment of the New York Infantry. The diary describes soldier life and spans…
Ms2003_006_Tice_001.pdf

Confederate soldier in the 42nd Virginia Infantry writes from Guinea Station about personal and family matters.
Ms2003_006_Tice_003.pdf

Confederate soldier in the 42nd Virginia Infantry writes from camp near Romney about personal and family matters, the withdrawal of Union forces from…
Ms2003_006_Tice_002.pdf

Confederate soldier in the 42nd Virginia Infantry writes from camp near Port Republic about personal and family matters, the battles of Port Republic…
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/pickup/Omeka_upload/Ms2012-028_HollidayJohn_Diary01_1864_JPEGs/Ms2012-028_HollidayJohn_Diary01_1864_FrontCover.jpg

Holliday's diaries, the first covering 1 May through 8 August 1864 and the second covering 1 September 1864 through 4 July 1865, begin with the…
Ms2002_044_LeeRobertE_Letter.tif

A letter from Lee to Reverend W. H. Braddus of Lexington, Virginia, regarding Lee's check for $30.00, which he wants Braddus to accept as payment of…
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/pickup/Omeka_upload/Ms1984-172_KoontzFamily_F9_Letter_1863_0817a.jpg

Letter from Angus Ridgill to Nellie Koontz thanking her and her family for housing him as a lone soldier. Ridgill also confesses his love to Nellie…
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/pickup/Omeka_upload/Ms1984-172_KoontzFamily_F9_Letter_1864_1124a.jpg

Partial Letter, possibly from one Koontz brother (George or Milton) to the other
Ms1998_001_HuffHylton_Letter_1862_0424a.jpg

Hylton tells her husband about the birth of her daughter and about the family helping to get the corn in.
Ms1998_001_HuffHylton_Letter_1975_0612a.jpg

Letter regarding Lorenzo D. Hylton's gravesite in Marietta, Georgia. Certificate of Hylton's war record.
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/pickup/Omeka_upload/Ms1984-172_KoontzFamily_F9_Letter_1864_1208a.jpg

Letter from Brigadier Cambell to a doctor in Lacy Spring requesting information regarding papers given to a soldier.
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/pickup/Omeka_upload/Ms2012-039_ConwayCatlett_F2_Letter_1896_1115_enva.jpg

Letter from Catlett Conway to his brother, Willy, discussing the declining health of "Pa"; detailing a visit from John Conway and his son Kent;…
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/pickup/Omeka_upload/Ms2012-039_ConwayCatlett_F2_Letter_1897_0805a.jpg

Letter from Catlett Conway to his brother Henry, in which Catlett indicates that he has enclosed a letter from John Conway to himself concerning their…
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/pickup/Omeka_upload/Ms2012-039_ConwayCatlett_F6_Letter_1920_0630_enva.jpg

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, recounting his visits with family members in Washington D. C. and Charlottesville.
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/pickup/Omeka_upload/Ms2012-039_ConwayCatlett_F5_Letter_1907_0410a.jpg

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, describing his life and health in Philadelphia with his daughter Mary Wallace, and speculating on the state of…
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/pickup/Omeka_upload/Ms2012-039_ConwayCatlett_F6_Letter_1918_0402_enva.jpg

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, reporting on the coming of spring and expressing surprise that Willie is making his annual trip to Blacksburg so…
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/pickup/Omeka_upload/Ms2012-039_ConwayCatlett_F6_Letter_1920_04_enva.jpg

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, discussing the possibility of a Conway family reunion and recounting a chapter meeting of UVA alumni at which he…
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/pickup/Omeka_upload/Ms2012-039_ConwayCatlett_F6_Letter_1918_0225a.jpg

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, describing his Christmas in Philadelphia, reflecting on the severity of past winters, and commenting on…
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/pickup/Omeka_upload/Ms2012-039_ConwayCatlett_F6_Letter_1913_0114_enva.jpg

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, thanking him for sending a genealogy of the Conway family and sharing that the Daughters of the Confederacy have…
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/pickup/Omeka_upload/Ms2012-039_ConwayCatlett_F6_Letter_1912_0315a.jpg

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, reporting on the death of Sister Nellie on March 6, 1912 and noting that she was buried next to her husband…
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/pickup/Omeka_upload/Ms2012-039_ConwayCatlett_F6_Letter_1912_0502_enva.jpg

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, describing his health troubles and contesting some accounts of the Civil War that he read by relaying his own…
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/pickup/Omeka_upload/Ms2012-039_ConwayCatlett_F5_Letter_1908_0520a.jpg

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, expressing Southern displeasure with "forced reconstruction" and the perceived negative effects of the "free…
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/pickup/Omeka_upload/Ms2012-039_ConwayCatlett_F6_Letter_1919_0509a.jpg

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, sharing his thoughts about labor unions and the economy as well as defences of President Woodrow Wilson.
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