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  • Subject is exactly "United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865"
SPEC031.tif

Letter from the creators of the original seal attesting to the authenticity of the replica.
CIVILWARSEAL0001.tif

Electrotype replica of the Great Seal of the Confederate States of America produced in the early 1870s.
Ms2002_044_LeeRobertE_Image_003.tif

Portrait photograph of Robert E. Lee.
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 …
Ms1988-082_001.pdf

Letter written by Fenner Wilson, a private in Company D, 45th North Carolina Infantry, during the American Civil War, to his brother, B. G. (Basley…
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,…
Ms1987-028_G_Horace_Tarr_Letter.pdf

The G. Horace Tarr Letter collection contains a letter dated May 4, 1863, giving a detailed eye-witness account of the Battle of Chancellorsville…
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…
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…
Ms1992_020_Stepp_018.pdf

Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife updating her on his health and telling her which crops to plant.
Ms1992_020_Stepp_017.pdf

Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife responding to a letter about her poor health.
Ms1992_020_Stepp_016.pdf

Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife discussing being captured by the Union army. Stepp discusses the camps that he was taken to and expresses a desire…
Ms1992_020_Stepp_015.pdf

Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife informing her that he had been captured by the Union army.
Ms1992_020_Stepp_014.pdf

Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife updating her on his health and life in the army. Stepp is also discussing farm business in the letter.
Ms1992_020_Stepp_013.pdf

Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife updating her on his health and life in the army. Stepp also discusses items he had received from his wife.
Ms1992_020_Stepp_012.pdf

Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife updating her on his health. Stepp also discusses his meals and expresses a desire to return home.
Ms1992_020_Stepp_011.pdf

Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife updating her on his health and life in the army. Stepp also discusses farm business in the letter.
Ms1992_020_Stepp_010.pdf

Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife updating her on his health and life in the army. Stepp was also responding to a letter from his wife in which she…
Ms1992_020_Stepp_009.pdf

Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife updating her on his health and life in the army. Stepp also lists several items that he had sent to his wife.
Ms1992_020_Stepp_008.pdf

Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife and children updating them on his health. Stepp writes of a desire to return home and ask his family not to send…
Ms1992_020_Stepp_007.pdf

Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife updating her on his health. Stepp also discusses how much he misses his family and his desire to return home.
Ms1992_020_Stepp_005.pdf

Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife and children updating them on his health and life in the army. Stepp also discusses farm business in the letter.
Ms1992_020_Stepp_004.pdf

Letter from Silas Stepp to his wide and children updating them about his sickness and his life in the army. Stepp also discusses Confederate currency.
Ms1992_020_Stepp_003.pdf

Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife and children updating them on his health and life in the army. Stepp writes about the lack of food and poor…
Ms1992_020_Stepp_002.pdf

Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife updating her on his health and life in the army. Stepp mostly discusses his movements and his current location.…
Ms1988-085_001.pdf

This is a single letter written by William L. Scott, a private in Company B, 15th North Carolina Infantry, during the American Civil War. Writing to…
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…
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…
Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo7_1861_0517transcript.jpg

Lynchburg, Statement of assumption of command of the Virginia Volunteers mustered into service in Lynchburg. Col. R.C.W. Radford will take charge of…
Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo7_1861_0520a.jpg

Head Quarters, Virginia Volunteers, Lynchburg. Orders, Collection of the votes of all persons in the military service of the State regarding the…
Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo8_1861_0523a.jpg

Camp Lee, Reminder to those applying to at the Head Quarters of the commandant, Regiment is reminded office hours are strictly limited to times noted…
Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo8_1861_0525a.jpg

Head Quarters, Va. Volunteers, Order No. 8, Instructions that Capt. Jordan's and Hughes' companies are no longer attached to Col. Robert Preston's…
Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_OrderNo10_1861_0526a.jpg

Order No. 10, Instructions for the camp to be ready to march out at 4 o'clock tomorrow morning. By order of Col. Robert T. Preston, May 26, 1861.
Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_SpecOrderNo11_1861_0528a.jpg

From: Head Quarters, Department of Alexandria, Camp Pickens. Special Order: List of men temporarily detailed on extra duty in the Quarter Masters.…
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