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Civil War CollectionMss. 39.1 C76


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Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
Mss. 39.1 C76
Title
Civil War Collection 1856-1940
Quantity
3 Linear Feet
Language
English

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Conditions Governing Access:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Preferred Citation

Civil War Collection, Special Collections Research Center, W&M Libraries, William & Mary

Acquisition Information:

Acquisition information for material received after 7/13/2009 is available by consulting a Special Collections Research Center staff member.

Purchased 589 items prior to 1941; purchased 12 items on 12/26/1941; received 6 items 4/7/1958, gift of Mrs. George P. Coleman including Acc. 1957.58; gift of J. T. Baldwin in 1971; gift of 9 items from Alberta J. Portergen in 1976; purchase from Henry Stevens, Sons; Stiles in 5/1980; purchase from Dana's House, Tx. in 10/1980; received 4 items in 3/1982; purchase in 9/1982; purchase from James Lowe in 12/1982; gift of 3 items from Ruth J. Staton in 5/1984; transfer from the US Military Collection in 5/1985; gift of John Weaver in 7/1985; purchase of 1 item from Howard Mott on 1/20/1988; purchase of 1 item from Bauman on 4/20/1988; 1991.58, 2 items as gift of Spencer and Ruth Timm; 1992.19, 1 item as gift of Ralph Poriss; 1995.06, 1 item purchased, 2/21/1995; Acc. 1997.64, 5 items as gift (copies) through Fay Savadge (originals in National Archives), 11/17/1997; 1998.04, 1 item purchased, 2/10/1998; 1998.24, 2 items purchased, 6/10/1998; 1998.47, 21 items as gift of Christian Vinyard; 1998.61, purchase from Ralph Poriss; 1999.18, 2 items as gift of David Upshur; 2001.17, 1 item purchased; 2003.23, 1 item.  unknown; 2003.23, 1 item purchased; 2003.58, 1 item;  2003.43, 1 item purchased; 2003.55, 1 item purchased; 2003.57, 1 item purchased; 2003.58, 1 item purchased; 2004.06, 1 item purchased; 2004.40, 1 item purchased; 2004.41, 1 item purchased; 2004.57, 1 item purchased; 2005.59, 1 item purchased; 2006.13, 1 item purchased; 2006.57, 1 item purchased; 2006.64, 1 item purchased; 2006.71, 1 item purchased. 2008.41, 1 item purchased. 2010.399, gift of Philip Hairston Seawell, per Gene L. Hardin.


Scope and Contents

The Civil War Collection is an artificial collection of material, chiefly 1861-1865, pertaining to the American Civil War including items from both Union and Confederate forces. The collection includes official correspondence, general and special orders, descriptions of campaigns and battles, articles concerning the war, and artifacts. There are pardons, poems, songs, autographs, maps, muster rolls, pen and ink sketches of camp life, engineers' drawings, and a memorandum of signals used by Confederate steamers when approaching batteries.

Related Material

There are numerous small collections that contain the personal correspondence of soldiers and civilians involved in the Civil War. Please see individual collections in the range of SC 00277-SC 00446.

Confederate Currency Collection, MS 00015.

Oversize Virgina maps: Buckholtz 1858 Railroads of Virgina and the West and Johnston 1862 map of Virginia, depicting cities, principle towns, railroads, rivers, canals and other internal movements.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Account books
  • Blackwater, Battle of, 1863
  • Camp Allen (Jamestown Island, Va.)
  • College of William and Mary--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 14th
  • Culpeper County (Va.)--History--19th century
  • Drawings and graphics
  • Financial records
  • Fredericksburg (Va.), Battle of, 1862
  • Gloucester County (Va.)--History--19th century
  • Hampton (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Jamestown (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Louisa County (Va.)--History--19th century
  • Maps
  • Maps--United States
  • Military pensions.
  • Orders (military records)
  • Peninsular Campaign, 1862
  • Petersburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Philosophy and religion
  • Poems
  • Political cartoons
  • Portsmouth (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Publications
  • Receipts (financial records)
  • Richmond (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Rosters
  • Suffolk, Battle of, Va., 1863
  • Surry County (Va.)--History--19th century
  • Surry County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Transcripts
  • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans
  • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Diaries
  • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals
  • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations--Confederate States
  • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American
  • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Poetry
  • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories--Army of the Potomac
  • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs and music
  • United States. Army--Supplies and stores
  • United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 10th
  • United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 1st
  • United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 22nd
  • United States. Army. Massachusetts Mounted Rifles, 1st
  • United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 142nd (1861-1865)
  • United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 70th
  • United States. Army. New York Volunteers, 55th. Company C
  • United States. Army. Ohio Volunteers
  • United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 101st
  • United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 61st
  • United States. Army. Rhode Island Volunteers, 2nd
  • United States. Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 2nd
  • United States. Navy--History--Civil War
  • Vicksburg (Miss.)--History
  • Virginia--History
  • Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Virginia--Maps
  • Watercolors (drawings)
  • Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Yorktown (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

General

Other Information:

The transcription project of "From Fights to Rights: The Long Road to a More Perfect Union" is a massive effort by volunteers to transcribe thousands of manuscripts such as diaries and letters from Special Collections and make them available online at http://scrcdigital.swem.wm.edu/collections/show/1 .

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Camp Allen (Jamestown Island, Va.)
  • Jamestown (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Surry County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Diaries
  • Vicksburg (Miss.)--History
  • Virginia--History
  • Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Yorktown (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Container List

Series 1: Confederate Materials
English
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 1
    Muster Rolls
    1862, 1905, and undatedEnglish
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 1 object: 1
      Rolls of 5th Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A.
      1862 FebruaryEnglish
      Scope and Contents

      The rolls of Captain W.H. Crank's Company and Captain R.B. Boston's Company, 5th Virginia Cavalry, CSA, display a record of equipment issued men. Bound volume.

    • Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 5 folder: 1
      Roll of 11th Regiment of Virginia Volunteers
      1862 February-June English
      Scope and Contents

      This is the oll of the 11th Regiment of VA Volunteers, commanded by D.G. Houston, Jr.

    • Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 1 Oversize Folder: 1
      Return of Co. B of the Confederate Marine Corps
      1864 NovemberEnglish
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 1 object: 2
      Roll of Co. D., 13th Virginia Infantry
      1905 September 22English
      Scope and Contents

      Copy of a list of members of the 13th Virginia Infantry, Company D, as part of the Law Order Book of Louisa County, Virginia. Photostat.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 1 object: 3
      Roll of Co. K, 19th VA Infantry, CSA
      undatedEnglish
      Scope and Contents

      Typescript.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 2
    Military Passes
    1862-1865English
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 3
    Pay Vouchers, Checks, and Receipts
    1862-1865, and undatedEnglish
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 1
      Oversize Pay Vouchers, Checks, and Receipts
      English
      Scope and Contents

      This oversize folder contains various pay vouchers, checks, and receipts in addition to the Treasurer of the Confederate States Checkbook. The checkbook, dated January- March 1865, shows payments to railroads, steamboats, etc. Many are under the Flag of Truce. A letter dated January 24, 1918 from Chas. Taylor, Jr., of The Boston Globe to Secretary, Loyal Legion, Boston, Mass., offers the checkbook of the Treasury of the Confederate States as a gift. Included is a note of acceptance by H.M. Rogers.

      Immediate Source of Acquisition

      Treasurer of the Confederate States Checkbook, Acc. 1991.58.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 4
    Furloughs, Transfers, and Desertions
    1862-1865 and undatedEnglish
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 5
    Subsistence Store Papers
    1862 and undatedEnglish
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 6
    Quartermasters' Stores
    1862-1864 and undatedEnglish
    • Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 1 Oversize Folder: 2
      Oversize Quartermasters' Stores Papers
      1863-1864English
      Scope and Contents

      This folder contains papers relating to quartermasters stores, including correspondence with Quartermaster General M.C. Meigs and inventories of supplies on hand at Chattanooga, Tenn., and Vicksburg, Miss.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 7
    Chimborazo Hospital Medical Supply Papers
    1864English
    Scope and Contents

    Medical supply lists and invoices from the Confederate Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, Va.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 2
      Oversize Chimborazo Hospital Medical Supply Papers
      1864English
      Scope and Contents

      Invoice of Medicines, Instruments, Hospital Stores, and Bedding.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
    Blank Military Forms
    English
    Scope and Contents

    Blank Confederate military forms including two pages of passes from the Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond, Va. Native warrior woman imagry is printed on each form.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 3
      Oversize Blank Military Forms
      circa 1861-1865English
    • Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 6 folder: 1
      Oversize Blank Military Forms
      circa 1861-1865English
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 9
    Songs and Poems
    1861-1863 and undatedEnglish
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 4 object: 1
      "The Flag of the South"
      1861English
      Scope and Contents

      Newspaper clipping and poem.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 object: 1
      Virginian Marsellaise
      1863English
      Scope and Contents

      Confederate Sheet Music. Words by F.W. Rosier and lithod by Geo. Dunn and Comp.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 9 object: 2
      "Here's your mule"
      circa 1863English
      Scope and Contents

      A new comic camp song. Printed.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 9 object: 3
      "In Memoriam"
      undatedEnglish
      Scope and Contents

      A poem by Judge George L. Christian of Richmond, Va.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 object: 4
      "The Confederate Note"
      undatedEnglish
      Scope and Contents

      The poem was written by Major Jonas of Mississippi and which includes a Confederate States of America $20 note.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 9 object: 5
      "Stonewall Jackson's Way"
      undatedEnglish
      Scope and Contents

      Poem.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 4 object: 2
      "Furl that Banner"
      undatedEnglish
      Scope and Contents

      A poem by A. Ryan.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 4 object: 3
      "The Blue and the Gray"
      undatedEnglish
      Scope and Contents

      A poem by Francis Miles Finch.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 10
    Photographs and Illustrations
    1860-1865 and undatedEnglish
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 10 object: 1
      Fort Welles Illustration
      undatedEnglish
      Scope and Contents

      Notepaper with cut of Fort Welles, formerly Fort Walker, Hilton Head, S.C.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 10 object: 2
      General Braxton Bragg Photograph
      undatedEnglish
      Scope and Contents

      Photograph 3 1/2" x 4 1/4", black and white, head view of General Braxton Bragg in uniform.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 10 object: 3
      General Sterling Price Photograph
      undatedEnglish
      Scope and Contents

      Photograph, 3 1/2" x 4 1/4", black and white, head view of General. Sterling Price in uniform.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 10 object: 4
      Col. Franklin Hulse Clack Photograph
      undatedEnglish
      Scope and Contents

      Photograph, 8" x 10", black and white, of Col. Franklin Hulse Clack (1828 - 1864), originally taken March 30, 1862 in New Orleans, LA, in his uniform of the Major of the Confederate Guards, Response Battalion of New Orleans. He died April 24, 1864 of wounds received at the Battle of Mansfield, LA.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 object: 5
      Aerial Photograph of Surrender Field and Monument
      undatedEnglish
      Scope and Contents

      Photograph, 7 3/4" x 9 3/4", of aerial view of Surrender Field and monument, Appomattox, Va., taken by Underwood and Underwood.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 10 object: 6
      Whitworth Gun
      undatedEnglish
      Scope and Contents

      Photostat of a Whitworth gun taken from Fort Fisher, N.C.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 10 object: 7
      President Lincoln Engraving
      undatedEnglish
      Scope and Contents

      An engraving of President Lincoln entering Richmond, Va.

    • Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 5 folder: 2
      Various scenes on Tennessee, Georgia, and Virginia Photographs
      undatedEnglish
      Scope and Contents

      Insert of nine photographs showing various scenes on Tenn., Ga., and Va. From Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1861 - 1865.

    • Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 5 folder: 2
      General James Longstreet Lithograph
      English
      Scope and Contents

      Copy of a lithograph of Gen. James Longstreet. The original was published by Geo. E. Perine, 111 Nassau St., NY.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 11
    Map and Related Materials
    1861-1862English
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains receipts for the battlefield maps from Hoyer and Leudwig by William H. Smith, Richmond, Virginia, dated March 8 and 16, 1862.

    • Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 1 Oversize Folder: 3
      Oversize Maps
      1861 June 10English
      Scope and Contents

      This folder contains the following:

      Map of the Battle of Bethel, Va., dated 1861 June 10, by W.G. Lewis, cont., 200 feet:1 inch. Photostat.

      Map of Charleston and its Defenses, dated 1863 November 28, by . John R. Key, cartographer. 1" = 1 3/4 mile. Photostat.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 12
    Day Signals of Confederate Steamers
    1862 FebruaryEnglish
    Scope and Contents

    Memorandum of signals used by Confederate steamers when approaching batteries.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 5
    Confederate Steamer "Bracelet" License
    1861 October 30English
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 13
    Circulars
    1863English
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 13 object: 1
      Circular from the Ordnance Bureau
      1863 January 10English
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 13 object: 2
      Circular from Major General Early
      1863 August 29English
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 14
    General Orders
    1861-1865English
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 14 object: 1
      General Order No. 1
      1861 August 12English
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 14 object: 2
      General Order No. 36
      1862 May 17English
      Scope and Contents

      Order originating from the War Department, Richmond, Va., regarding the application of discharge for soldiers over 35 years of age and promotions due to seniority.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 14 object: 3
      General Order regarding absentees
      1862 AugustEnglish
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 14 object: 4
      "To the People of Western Virginia from Major General Loring"
      1862 September English
      Scope and Contents

      General Order from Major General Loring is included at the bottom.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 14 object: 5
      General Order No. 44
      1863 June 15English
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 14 object: 6
      General Order No. 18
      1863 October 12English
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 6
      C.S.A. General Orders Scrapbook
      1863-1865English
      Scope and Contents

      Piano instruction book used as a scrapbook for newspaper clippings of General orders of the Adjutant and Inspector Generals' Office, CSA, Richmond, VA, December 31, 1863-February 28, 1865, and other military orders.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14 object: 7
      General Order No. 9
      1865 April 10English
      Scope and Contents

      Facsimile of Robert E. Lee's farewell to the Army of Northern Virginia.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14 object: 8
      General Order No. 9
      1865 April 10English
      Scope and Contents

      Printed copy of Robert E. Lee's farewell to the Army of Northern Virginia.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
    Special Orders
    1861-1864English
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 15 object: 1
      Special Orders No. 222
      1861 August 13English
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 15 object: 2
      Special Orders No. 246
      1862 October 21
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 15 object: 3
      Special Orders No. 282
      1862 December 2
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 15 object: 4
      Special Orders No. 41
      1863 February 27
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 15 object: 5
      Special Orders No. 333
      1863 November 28
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 15 object: 6
      Special Orders No. 30
      1864 February 18
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 15 object: 7
      Special Orders No. 31
      1864 February 19
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 16 object: 8
      Special Orders No. 290
      1864 December 7
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
    W. H. Werth Orderly Book
    1861-1862English
    Scope and Contents

    Orderly book of Major W.H. Werth, 45th VA Regiment, including proceedings of regimental courts-martial, dated. December 10, 1861-September 2, 1862.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 17
    Orders, Medical Department, C.S.A.
    1862-1863English
    Scope and Contents
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 18
    Virginia Militia Special Orders Book
    1861 - 1883English
    Scope and Contents

    Special orders book (April 18-19, ril 1861) of the 4th Division, Virginia Militia, including a memorandum book, 1882 - 1883.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 19
    Reports
    1861-1878 and undatedEnglish
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 19 object: 1
      Report of Captain Peyton H. Colquitt
      1861 May 19
      Scope and Contents

      Report of Captain Peyton H. Colquitt, commanding at Sewell's Point, Va. Typed copy. A clipping concerning the Sewell's Point engagement is also included.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 19 object: 2
      Engagement before Williamsburg Report
      1862 May 20
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 19 object: 3
      Richard Heron Anderson Report to Leigh Robinson
      1878 February 26
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19 object: 4
      Reports of Engagements around Fredericksburg
      undated
      Scope and Contents

      Reports of officers concerning engagements around Fredericksburg, December 19-25, 1862. Incomplete.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 20
    Autographs
    1893 and undatedEnglish
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains the aAutographs of John Brown Gordon, R.F. Hoke (2), Fitzhugh Lee, Stephen Dill Lee, James Longstreet, Will H. Seward (William H. Seward) and Benj. F. Butler (Benjamin Franklin Butler).

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 21
    Articles
    1862-1939 and undatedEnglish
    • Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 2 folder: 1
      Newspaper Clipping on the Battle of Malvern Hill
      1862 August 11
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 7 object: 1
      Memoranda about British Subjects in Southern States
      circa 1863
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21 object: 1
      Sandusky Daily Register-Extra Article
      1865 February 21
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 21 object: 2
      "If Lee Could Have Stood at the Helm"
      1912 January 15
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 21 object: 3
      "The War Between the States Again: A Rejoinder"
      1912 April 13
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 2 folder: 1
      Letter, Observations, and Poetry by Captain Jack Crawford
      1913
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 21 object: 4
      "What Was Open to Virginia in 1861"
      1925 January
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 7 object: 2
      "Great Britain and the American Civil War"
      1925 June
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 21 object: 5
      "Seventeen Days of Sunset"
      1939 May-June
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 21 object: 6
      "The War of Secession"
      undated
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 21 object: 7
      "Richmond After the Surrender"
      undated
      Scope and Contents
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 22
    Articles
    undatedEnglish
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 22 object: 1
      "General Lee to Colonel Charles Marshall"
      undated
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 22 object: 2
      "Decoration Day Leaves"
      undated
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 22 object: 3
      "An Analysis of Portions of Gen. Joseph Johnston's Chapter on the Battle of Manassas"
      undated
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 22 object: 4
      Article concerning the Peninsular Campaign of 1861-1862
      undated
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 22 object: 5
      Article concerning the Battle of Malvern Hill
      undated
      Scope and Contents
  • Artifacts
    1861-1865 and undatedEnglish
    • Mixed Materials Artifact: 1 Artifact: Textiles, S1, SS4, Box 7
      Secession Flag
      1861
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Artifact: 2 Artifact: Textiles, S1, SS1, Box 3
      Virginia Secession Cockade
      1861
      Scope and Contents

      A blue bloth badge with an attached gold button engraved with the seal of Virginia. Popular at the beginning of the war.

      Immediate Source of Acquisition

      This artifact was loaned by Miss Kate Mason Rowland, 1st Vice President, of the Baltimore Daughters of the Confederacy. It was then part of a purchase from Charles Tuttle, November 20, 1940.

    • Mixed Materials Artifact: 3 Artifact: Textiles, S1, SS4, Box 7
      Confederate Flag fragment
      circa 1861 August
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Artifact: 4 Artifact: T&E, S6, SS1, Box 1
      Canister Shot
      1861-1865
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Artifact: 5 Artifact: T&E, S6, SS1, Box 1
      Canister Shot
      1861-1865
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Artifact: 6 Artifact: T&E, S6, SS1, Box 1
      Minié Balls
      1861-1865
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Artifact: 7 Artifact: T&E, S6, SS1, Box 1
      Civil war Breastplate
      1861-1865
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Artifact: 8 Artifact: Textiles, S1, SS4, Box 7
      Flag of Truce fragment
      circa 1862 April 25
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Artifact: 9 Artifact: T&E, S6, SS1, Box 1
      Cartridge Box, Mini Balls, and Grapeshot
      1863 October 27
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Artifact: 10 Artifact: Textiles, S1, SS1, Box 3
      Shoulder Strap and Button
      1865 April
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Artifact: 11 Artifact: T&E, S6, SS4, Box 2
      Railroad Company Pass
      1865
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Artifact: 12 Artifact: Dec. Obj. Box 8 (Mixed Objects)
      Piece of Flag from Camp Winder Hospital
      1865
      Scope and Contents

      Piece of flag from Camp Winder Hospital, Richmond, Va. The flag was cut up and divided among the surgeons, matrons, and nurses on the evacuation of Richmond.

      Immediate Source of Acquisition

      This artifact was loaned by Miss Kate Mason Rowland, 1st Vice President, of the Baltimore Daughters of the Confederacy. It was then part of a purchase from Charles Tuttle, November 20, 1940.

    • Mixed Materials Artifact: 14
      Belt Buckle
      undated
      Scope and Contents
      Existence and Location of Originals
    • Mixed Materials Artifact: 15 Open box in Artifacts
      Iron from the CSS Virginia (Merrimac)
      undated
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Artifact: 16 Artifact: Dec. Obj. S2, SS2, Box 2
      Great Seal of the Confederacy, Bronze Facsimile
      undated
      Scope and Contents
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 23
    Veterans' Materials
    1877-1940English
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 23 object: 1
      Chattanooga Confederate Memorial Association Letter
      1877 March 23
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 23 object: 2
      Report to the Grand Camp of the Confederate Veterans of Virginia
      1904 March 7
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 2 folder: 2
      Application of Soldier, Sailor, or Marine for Disability by Reason of Disease or the Infirmities of Age
      1904 September 26
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 23 object: 3
      By-Laws, Rules, and Regulations and Burial Service of the Grand Camp Confederate Veterans
      1907
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 23 object: 4
      47th Annual Reunion of the United Confederate Veterans Souvenir Booklet
      1937 June
      Scope and Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23 object: 5
      Sons of Confederate Veterans Bulletin No. 8
      1940 November 12
      Scope and Contents
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 1
    Confederate Bazaar Pamphlet
    1903 April 15English
    Scope and Contents

    The pamplet requests donations and support to create a monument to President Jefferson Davis. It originatesing from the Confederate Bazaar, Richmond, Va.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 2
    Confederate Museum Letter
    1910 March 2English
    Scope and Contents

    Letter from Isabel Maury, House Regent of the Confederate Museum, to Commander A.F. Grandstaff, Myers-Riddleberger Camp, Edinburg, Virginia. The envelope includes a blank application, C.S.A. roll of honour, and brochure of the Confederate museum [White House of the Confederacy].

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 3
    Booklets regarding the Confederate Episcopal Church
    undatedEnglish
    Scope and Contents

    The booklet, authored by Edgar Legare Pennington, is titled "The Confederate Episcopal Church and the Southern Soldiers." Reprinted from the Historical Magazine of the Episcopal Church, Vol. XVII, pp. 356-383.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 4
    Memorial Booklets
    1883-1919 and undatedEnglish
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 4 object: 1
      Address of Hon. Martin Maginnis
      1883English
      Scope and Contents

      Full title: The Army of the Potomac "Rally on Washington!" - "On to Richmond!" Address of Hon. Martin Maginnis before the Society of the Army of the Potomac at its Fourteenth Annual Reunion, delivered in National Theatre, at Washington, Wednesday, May 16, 1883.

      Immediate Source of Acquisition

      Acc. 2012.098

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 4 object: 1
      88th Regiment, Infantry, Pennsylvania Volunteers
      1889 September 11English
      Scope and Contents

      Full title: 88th Regiment, Infantry, Pennsylvania Volunteers: Address delivered at the Dedication of its Monument at Gettysburg, September 11, 1889, by George E. Wagner

      Immediate Source of Acquisition

      Acc. 2012.098

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 4 object: 3
      Argument of Hon. William S. Kirkpatrick, Attorney General of Pennsylvania
      1890English
      Scope and Contents

      Full title: Argument of Hon. William S. Kirkpatrick, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, before the Committee on War Claims, Fifty-first Congress, on behalf of H. R. Bill 750, entitled "A bill to authorize the payment of damages sustained by citizens of the State of Pennsylvania from Union and Confederate troops, during the late war, as adjudicated and liquidated by the State of Pennsylvania, under the provisions of an act of the General Assembly, of the said State of Pennsylvania, approved the 22d day of May, A. D. 1871.

      Immediate Source of Acquisition

      Acc. 2012.098

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 4 object: 4
      Battle of Atlanta: Story of the Cyclorama Johnston-Sherman Campaign and the History of the Engine "Texas"
      1919English
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 4 object: 5
      Confederate Banners
      undatedEnglish
      Scope and Contents

      "Confederate Banners", a descriptive booklet by Mary Lynn Conrad of Harrisonburg, Virginia, printed by The Stone Printing and Manufacturing Co., Roanoke, Virginia.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 4 object: 6
      History of the Battle of Gettysburg
      undatedEnglish
      Scope and Contents

      Full title: History of the Battle of Gettysburg, presented with compliments of the City Hotel, to guests who use its facilities for driving over the Battlefield.

      Immediate Source of Acquisition

      Acc. 2012.098

  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 8
    Pardons and Amnesty
    1865 and undatedEnglish
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 8 object: 1
      William Ballard Bruce Pardon
      1865 July 14English
      Scope and Contents

      Official pardon and amnesty granted to William Ballard Bruce for serving in the Confederate Army, with facsimile signatures of Andrew Johnson and William Seward.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 8 object: 2
      George Blow, Sr. Pardon
      undatedEnglish
      Scope and Contents

      Andrew Johnson, President of the United States of America, granting pardon to George Blow, Sr., of Sussex Co., VA. Negative and positive photostats.

Series 2: Union Materials
English
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 5
    Enlistment Certificate
    1862English
    Scope and Contents

    Certificate of enlistment of Frederick Bushing, 5th Regt. Rhode Island Volunteers, dated October 11, 1862 at Providence, RI.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 9
    Record of Recruits
    1862 December 30English
    Scope and Contents

    Record of recruits, 11th Regiment, Infantry, Ohio Volunteers.

  • Muster Rolls
    1862-1864English
    • Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 5 Oversize Folder: 1
      Muster roll of Captain J.W. Johnston's company, 13th Infantry, West Virginia Volunteers, USA.
      1862 October 7 English
    • Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 2
      Muster roll of Company C, Captain McDaniel 13th Infantry, West Virginia Volunteers, USA
      1862 October 8 English
      Scope and Contents

      The muster roll shows a total of $162.00.

    • Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 5 Oversize Folder: 1
      Muster roll of Company C, Captain McDaniel 13th Infantry, West Virginia Volunteers, USA
      1862 October 8 English
      Scope and Contents

      The muster roll shows a total of $2025.00.

    • Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 2
      Muster roll of detachment under Lieutenant J.B. Baumgardner 13th Infantry, West Virginia Volunteers, USA.
      1862 October 9 English
    • Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 5 Oversize Folder: 2
      Muster roll of Captain S.F. Shaw's Company G, 15th Infantry, West Virginia Volunteers, USA.
      1862 October 23 English
    • Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 5 Oversize Folder: 1
      Muster roll for the Hospital at West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
      1864English
      Scope and Contents

      The muster roll of the soldiers and others attached to the hospital at West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The roll includes their name, rank, company, regiment, date that they were attached to the hospital, amount that they where paid, and by whom they were paid.

      Immediate Source of Acquisition

      Acc. 2011.426

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
    Pay Vouchers
    1864English
    Scope and Contents

    Pay vouchers made out to James Harris and Joseph Miller for services rendered to the Union Army.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 7
    Petition of Release
    1862 June 7English
    Scope and Contents

    Petition from Webster Co., Va. [W. Va.], for the release of Isaac Lynch and Samuel Miller who have "done nothing against the union party." Signed by Archiblad Cogar, Jesse Harrimons, Daniel Harrimons, Mark Harrimons, Geocly [?] Cogar, Peter L.J. Cogar, Wm. Given, Isaac N. Gregory, Currence Gregory, James Woodzell, Robert G. Gregory, Francis M. Dobbins, Wm. N. Cummings, Patrick Carr, and Adam Gregory.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    From the Hart Collection

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 8
    Special Orders
    1862 July 4English
    Scope and Contents

    Special Orders, No. 44, transferring Capt. Ellis and his command from Fort Lyon to Fort Ellsworth. The orders are signed by Henry R. Dalton, Asst. Adjt. General, and by command of Brig. Gen. Amiel Weeks Whipple. The orders originated from Head Quarters, Military Defences, South West of the Potomac, Arlington, Va.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9
    General Orders, War Department
    1861 April 16 - 1863 AugustEnglish
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains orders from the War Department, Adjutant General's Office.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 10
    General Orders, War Department
    1863 September - 1865English
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains orders from the War Department, Adjutant General's Office. It also includes two copies of the blank military form, "General Orders No. 64 from the Office of Provost Marshall" which discusses rebel deserters who desire to take the Amnesty Oath.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 11
    General Orders, Army of Virginia
    1862 JulyEnglish
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 12
    General Orders, Reserve Army Corps
    1862English
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 13
    General Orders, Defences of Washington
    1862-1863English
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 14
    General Orders, U.S. Forces
    1863 May- JuneEnglish
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 15
    General Orders, Department of the South
    1864-1865English
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 16
    General Orders, Military District of Washington
    1862English
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 17
    General Orders, Military Division of the Gulf
    1865English
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 18
    General Orders, Army of the Potomac
    1862 March - 1863 MarchEnglish
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 19
    General Orders, Army of the Potomac
    1863 April - 1864 MayEnglish
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 20
    General Order, Department of South Carolina
    1865 July 24English
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 21
    General Order, Centre Grand Division
    1863 January 19English
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 22
    General Orders regarding Williamsburg
    1863 August-OctoberEnglish
    Scope and Contents

    General Orders No. 33 and No. 47, issued August 7, 1863 and October 5, 1863, by Robert M. West, at Fort Magruder, Virginia, concerning provost guard for the City of Williamsburg.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 10
    Guard Reports
    1861-1862 English
    Scope and Contents

    Guard reports of the 66th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry, USA, at Camps McArthur, Candy, and Chase, and camps near Strasburg, New Market, and Harrisonburg, VA.

  • Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 2 folder: 3
    List of Prisoners
    undatedEnglish
    Scope and Contents

    List of prisoners forwarded from the Kanawha District, W. Va., to Department Head Quarters at Wheeling, W. Va.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 23
    Vallandigham and Abolition Booklets
    1862-1863English
    Scope and Contents

    Four booklets of pasted newspaper clippings from the Daily Enquirer which show the view taken by Clement Laird Vallandigham and other moderates toward abolition and the war with the South.

  • Drawings
    1865English
    • Drawing of Forage House
      1865
      Scope and Contents

      Engineer's drawing of a forage house at Richmond, Va., by Bvt. Lt. Col. James M. Moors, Q.M.U.S.A. The drawing measures 18 1/2"x33".

      Existence and Location of Originals
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 24
    Maps
    1862-1864English
    • Mixed Materials Top of Map Cabinet Oversize Folder 1
      Southeastern Virginia, Fort Monroe approaches to Richmond and Fredericksburg Map
      1861English
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 24 object: 1
      Map of the Intersection of the James River and Warwick River showing Union and Confederate positions
      1862 April 4English
      Scope and Contents

      Manuscript map of the intersection of the James River and Warwick River showing Union and Confederate positions, drawn by Lt. Jencks of the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteers.

      Immediate Source of Acquisition

      Acc. 2004.40

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 24 object: 2
      Map of Confederate positions on the James River
      1862 April 6English
      Scope and Contents

      Manuscript map of the intersection of the James River and Warwick River showing the Confederate positions. Drawn by Captain Barton of the 10th Massachusetts.

      Immediate Source of Acquisition

      Acc. 2004.41

    • Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 1 Oversize Folder: 4
      Drawing of the permanent bridge over the Chickahominy River, Va
      1862 July 14 English
      Scope and Contents

      Union engineer's drawing of the permanent bridge over the Chickahominy River, Va., built by the Engineer Brigade.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 24 object: 3
      Map of Fort Norfolk and Surroundings
      English
      Immediate Source of Acquisition

      Acc. 1988.04

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 24 object: 4
      Map showing Grant's campaign around Richmond
      1864English
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 25
    Articles
    1862-1871English
    • Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 6 folder: 2 object: 1
      Newspaper clippings regarding Federal hospitals
      English
      Scope and Contents

      Clippings from Washington, D.C., newspapers, including the Daily Morning Chronicle, describing conditions in Federal hospitals.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 25 object: 1
      Mr. Nasby suggests a "Psalm of Sadness" for his friends South
      1865 September 12English
      Scope and Contents

      Newspaper cClipping.

    • Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 6 folder: 2 object: 2
      Newspaper clipping of "Memorial Hymn", "Mustered Out", and "The Tattered Flags"
      circa 1871English