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Photograph of an man sitting.

Union soldier during the Civil War, writing from Spotsylvania Courthouse on May 20, 1864, to his daughter, about the many battles he had fought in and the presence of the Confederates in the immediate area. Bauer was a native German speaker and the…

This patriotic Union scrapbook contains items mostly from the first year of the American Civil War, including Union songsheets, mourning cards, cartes-de-visite, patriotic covers, and cartoons, many of the latter clipped from patriotic stationery of…

This letter was sent from George Green to Edgar Knapp on March 9, 1864.

Photograph of George M. Cochran's gravestone.

This is the will of George Reaves.

Photograph of Governor David's Campbell gravstone.

Pin of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Letter from the creators of the original seal attesting to the authenticity of the replica.

This letter was sent from H. Beardsley to Edgar Knapp on September 22, 1863.

This letter from H. Fenton to Edgar Knapp on May 26, 1863.

This letter was sent to Edgar Knapp from his brother, H. Knapp, on April 28, 1862.

This letter was sent to Edgar Knapp from his brother, H. Knapp, on August 9, 1862.

This letter was sent to Edgar Knapp from his brother, H. Knapp, on December 1, 1862.

This letter was sent to Edgar Knapp from his brother, H. Knapp, on December 17, 1863.

This letter was sent to Edgar Knapp from his brother, H. Knapp, on February 23, 1863.

This letter was sent to Edgar Knapp from his brother, H. Knapp, on January 28, 1863.

This letter was sent to Edgar Knapp from his brother, H. Knapp, on July 16, 1863.

This letter was sent to Edgar Knapp from his brother, H. Knapp, on July 22, 1862.

This letter was sent to Edgar Knapp from his brother, H. Knapp, on July 7, 1863.

This letter was sent to Edgar Knapp from his brother, H. Knapp, on June 4, 1862.

This letter was sent to Edgar Knapp from his brother, H. Knapp, on March 6, 1863.

This letter was sent to Edgar Knapp from his brother, H. Knapp, on May 12, 1862.

This letter was sent to Edgar Knapp from his brother, H. Knapp, on May 19, 1863.

This letter was sent to Edgar Knapp from his brother, H. Knapp, on May 25, 1862.

This letter was sent to Edgar Knapp from his brother, H. Knapp, on May 4, 1863.

This letter was sent to Edgar Knapp from his brother, H. Knapp, on November 10, 1862.

This letter was sent to Edgar Knapp from his brother, H. Knapp, on October 17, 1862.

This letter was sent from H. Richey to Edgar Knapp on October 18, 1864.

H.O. Babcock was a farmer and schoolteacher from North Stonington, Connecticut. Diary entries record work, social and church activities, weather, and financial affairs. Also included are comments on the day's political and military affairs,…

Henrie H. Alexander was Blacksburg, Virginia, resident. In 1861, he mustered in as a 1st Sergeant with Company C, 4th Regiment, Virginia Infantry. He may have transferred to the 45th Regiment, Virginia Infantry in August of 1861. He is also listed as…

Photograph of Henry Creswell's gravestone.

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 in particular, playing baseball and boxing, an inspection by Lincoln, and camp rumors (from March…

This is a 50-page scrapbook compiled by Herbert E. Valentine with newspaper clippings written in 1911-1912 about his regiment's war activities, photographs from a monument dedication ceremony for his regiment in New Berne, North Carolina in 1908, and…

Five envelopes used to carry letters from Hiram Matthew to his wife, Elmira.

Photograph of LaFayette McMullen's gravesite.

Photograph of LaFayette McMullen's gravestone.

Photograph of Connally Findlay Trigg's gravestone.

Photograph of Connally Findlay Trigg's gravestone.

Photograph of George Washington Hopkins' gravestone.

Photograph of James King Gibson's gravestone.

Photograph of William Ballard and Lucy Preston's gravestone.

Photograph of William Ballard and Lucy Preston's gravestone.

The collection contained photocopies of genealogical research related to the Huff and Hylton families. These materials were scanned and combined into a pdf when the collection was digitized.

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

This is an invitation for a meeting of the Baltimore Commandery No. 2 on June 6, 1864.

This is an invitation for a meeting of the Baltimore Commandery No. 2 on May 23, 1864.

Invitation to Miss Virginia T. Preston to the Grand Inauguration Ball of Zachary Taylor (U.S. President) and Millard Filmore (Vice-President), March 5, 1849.

This letter was sent from Isaac and Elizabeth Carver to Edgar Knapp on February 10, 1863.

This letter was sent from Isaac and Elizabeth Carver to Edgar Knapp on January 28, 1863.