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Special Collections Research Center
William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem Library
400 Landrum Dr
Williamsburg, Virginia
Business Number: 757-221-3090
spcoll@wm.edu
URL: https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections
Karen King, SCRC Staff.
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
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 1
Muster Rolls1862, 1905, and undatedEnglish
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 1 object: 1
Rolls of 5th Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A.1862 FebruaryEnglishScope 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 Volunteers1862 February-June EnglishScope 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 Corps1864 NovemberEnglish
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 1 object: 2
Roll of Co. D., 13th Virginia Infantry1905 September 22EnglishScope 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, CSAundatedEnglishScope and Contents
Typescript.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 1 object: 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 2
Military Passes1862-1865English
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 3
Pay Vouchers, Checks, and Receipts1862-1865, and undatedEnglish
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 1
Oversize Pay Vouchers, Checks, and ReceiptsEnglishScope 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 AcquisitionTreasurer of the Confederate States Checkbook, Acc. 1991.58.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 4
Furloughs, Transfers, and Desertions1862-1865 and undatedEnglish
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 5
Subsistence Store Papers1862 and undatedEnglish
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 6
Quartermasters' Stores1862-1864 and undatedEnglish
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 1 Oversize Folder: 2
Oversize Quartermasters' Stores Papers1863-1864EnglishScope 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 Manuscripts Oversize Box 1 Oversize Folder: 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 7
Chimborazo Hospital Medical Supply Papers1864EnglishScope 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 Papers1864EnglishScope and Contents
Invoice of Medicines, Instruments, Hospital Stores, and Bedding.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Blank Military FormsEnglishScope 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 Formscirca 1861-1865English
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 6 folder: 1
Oversize Blank Military Formscirca 1861-1865English
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 3
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 9
Songs and Poems1861-1863 and undatedEnglish
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 4 object: 1
"The Flag of the South"1861EnglishScope and Contents
Newspaper clipping and poem.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 object: 1
Virginian Marsellaise1863EnglishScope 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 1863EnglishScope and Contents
A new comic camp song. Printed.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 9 object: 3
"In Memoriam"undatedEnglishScope and Contents
A poem by Judge George L. Christian of Richmond, Va.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 object: 4
"The Confederate Note"undatedEnglishScope 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"undatedEnglishScope and Contents
Poem.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 4 object: 2
"Furl that Banner"undatedEnglishScope and Contents
A poem by A. Ryan.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 4 object: 3
"The Blue and the Gray"undatedEnglishScope and Contents
A poem by Francis Miles Finch.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 4 object: 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 10
Photographs and Illustrations1860-1865 and undatedEnglish
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 10 object: 1
Fort Welles IllustrationundatedEnglishScope 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 PhotographundatedEnglishScope 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 PhotographundatedEnglishScope 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 PhotographundatedEnglishScope 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 MonumentundatedEnglishScope 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 GunundatedEnglishScope and Contents
Photostat of a Whitworth gun taken from Fort Fisher, N.C.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 10 object: 7
President Lincoln EngravingundatedEnglishScope 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 PhotographsundatedEnglishScope 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 LithographEnglishScope 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: 10 object: 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 11
Map and Related Materials1861-1862EnglishScope 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 Maps1861 June 10EnglishScope 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 Manuscripts Oversize Box 1 Oversize Folder: 3
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 12
Day Signals of Confederate Steamers1862 FebruaryEnglishScope and Contents
Memorandum of signals used by Confederate steamers when approaching batteries.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 5
Confederate Steamer "Bracelet" License1861 October 30English
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 13
Circulars1863English
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 13 object: 1
Circular from the Ordnance Bureau1863 January 10English
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 13 object: 2
Circular from Major General Early1863 August 29English
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 13 object: 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 14
General Orders1861-1865English
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 14 object: 1
General Order No. 11861 August 12English
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 14 object: 2
General Order No. 361862 May 17EnglishScope 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 absentees1862 AugustEnglish
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 14 object: 4
"To the People of Western Virginia from Major General Loring"1862 September EnglishScope and Contents
General Order from Major General Loring is included at the bottom.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 14 object: 5
General Order No. 441863 June 15English
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 14 object: 6
General Order No. 181863 October 12English
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 6
C.S.A. General Orders Scrapbook1863-1865EnglishScope 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. 91865 April 10EnglishScope 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. 91865 April 10EnglishScope and Contents
Printed copy of Robert E. Lee's farewell to the Army of Northern Virginia.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 14 object: 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
Special Orders1861-1864English
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 15 object: 1
Special Orders No. 2221861 August 13English
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 15 object: 2
Special Orders No. 2461862 October 21
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 15 object: 3
Special Orders No. 2821862 December 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 15 object: 4
Special Orders No. 411863 February 27
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 15 object: 5
Special Orders No. 3331863 November 28
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 15 object: 6
Special Orders No. 301864 February 18
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 15 object: 7
Special Orders No. 311864 February 19
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 16 object: 8
Special Orders No. 2901864 December 7
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 15 object: 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
W. H. Werth Orderly Book1861-1862EnglishScope 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.1862-1863EnglishScope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 18
Virginia Militia Special Orders Book1861 - 1883EnglishScope 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
Reports1861-1878 and undatedEnglish
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 19 object: 1
Report of Captain Peyton H. Colquitt1861 May 19Scope 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 Report1862 May 20Scope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 19 object: 3
Richard Heron Anderson Report to Leigh Robinson1878 February 26Scope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19 object: 4
Reports of Engagements around FredericksburgundatedScope and Contents
Reports of officers concerning engagements around Fredericksburg, December 19-25, 1862. Incomplete.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 19 object: 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 20
Autographs1893 and undatedEnglishScope 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
Articles1862-1939 and undatedEnglish
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 2 folder: 1
Newspaper Clipping on the Battle of Malvern Hill1862 August 11Scope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 7 object: 1
Memoranda about British Subjects in Southern Statescirca 1863Scope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21 object: 1
Sandusky Daily Register-Extra Article1865 February 21Scope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 21 object: 2
"If Lee Could Have Stood at the Helm"1912 January 15Scope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 21 object: 3
"The War Between the States Again: A Rejoinder"1912 April 13Scope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 2 folder: 1
Letter, Observations, and Poetry by Captain Jack Crawford1913Scope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 21 object: 4
"What Was Open to Virginia in 1861"1925 JanuaryScope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 7 object: 2
"Great Britain and the American Civil War"1925 JuneScope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 21 object: 5
"Seventeen Days of Sunset"1939 May-JuneScope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 21 object: 6
"The War of Secession"undatedScope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 21 object: 7
"Richmond After the Surrender"undatedScope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 2 folder: 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 22
ArticlesundatedEnglish
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 22 object: 1
"General Lee to Colonel Charles Marshall"undatedScope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 22 object: 2
"Decoration Day Leaves"undatedScope 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"undatedScope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 22 object: 4
Article concerning the Peninsular Campaign of 1861-1862undatedScope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 22 object: 5
Article concerning the Battle of Malvern HillundatedScope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 22 object: 1
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Artifacts1861-1865 and undatedEnglish
- Mixed Materials Artifact: 1 Artifact: Textiles, S1, SS4, Box 7
Secession Flag1861Scope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Artifact: 2 Artifact: Textiles, S1, SS1, Box 3
Virginia Secession Cockade1861Scope 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 AcquisitionThis 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 fragmentcirca 1861 AugustScope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Artifact: 4 Artifact: T&E, S6, SS1, Box 1
Canister Shot1861-1865Scope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Artifact: 5 Artifact: T&E, S6, SS1, Box 1
Canister Shot1861-1865Scope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Artifact: 6 Artifact: T&E, S6, SS1, Box 1
Minié Balls1861-1865Scope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Artifact: 7 Artifact: T&E, S6, SS1, Box 1
Civil war Breastplate1861-1865Scope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Artifact: 8 Artifact: Textiles, S1, SS4, Box 7
Flag of Truce fragmentcirca 1862 April 25Scope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Artifact: 9 Artifact: T&E, S6, SS1, Box 1
Cartridge Box, Mini Balls, and Grapeshot1863 October 27Scope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Artifact: 10 Artifact: Textiles, S1, SS1, Box 3
Shoulder Strap and Button1865 AprilScope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Artifact: 11 Artifact: T&E, S6, SS4, Box 2
Railroad Company Pass1865Scope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Artifact: 12 Artifact: Dec. Obj. Box 8 (Mixed Objects)
Piece of Flag from Camp Winder Hospital1865Scope 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 AcquisitionThis 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 BuckleundatedScope and ContentsExistence and Location of Originals
- Mixed Materials Artifact: 15 Open box in Artifacts
Iron from the CSS Virginia (Merrimac)undatedScope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Artifact: 16 Artifact: Dec. Obj. S2, SS2, Box 2
Great Seal of the Confederacy, Bronze FacsimileundatedScope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Artifact: 1 Artifact: Textiles, S1, SS4, Box 7
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 23
Veterans' Materials1877-1940English
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 23 object: 1
Chattanooga Confederate Memorial Association Letter1877 March 23Scope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 23 object: 2
Report to the Grand Camp of the Confederate Veterans of Virginia1904 March 7Scope 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 Age1904 September 26Scope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 23 object: 3
By-Laws, Rules, and Regulations and Burial Service of the Grand Camp Confederate Veterans1907Scope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 23 object: 4
47th Annual Reunion of the United Confederate Veterans Souvenir Booklet1937 JuneScope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23 object: 5
Sons of Confederate Veterans Bulletin No. 81940 November 12Scope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 23 object: 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 1
Confederate Bazaar Pamphlet1903 April 15EnglishScope 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 Letter1910 March 2EnglishScope 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 ChurchundatedEnglishScope 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 Booklets1883-1919 and undatedEnglish
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 4 object: 1
Address of Hon. Martin Maginnis1883EnglishScope 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 AcquisitionAcc. 2012.098
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 4 object: 1
88th Regiment, Infantry, Pennsylvania Volunteers1889 September 11EnglishScope 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 AcquisitionAcc. 2012.098
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 4 object: 3
Argument of Hon. William S. Kirkpatrick, Attorney General of Pennsylvania1890EnglishScope 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 AcquisitionAcc. 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 BannersundatedEnglishScope 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 GettysburgundatedEnglishScope 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 AcquisitionAcc. 2012.098
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 4 object: 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 8
Pardons and Amnesty1865 and undatedEnglish
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 8 object: 1
William Ballard Bruce Pardon1865 July 14EnglishScope 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. PardonundatedEnglishScope 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.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 8 object: 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 5
Enlistment Certificate1862EnglishScope 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 Recruits1862 December 30EnglishScope and Contents
Record of recruits, 11th Regiment, Infantry, Ohio Volunteers.
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Muster Rolls1862-1864English
- 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, USA1862 October 8 EnglishScope 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, USA1862 October 8 EnglishScope 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, Pennsylvania1864EnglishScope 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 AcquisitionAcc. 2011.426
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 5 Oversize Folder: 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
Pay Vouchers1864EnglishScope 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 Release1862 June 7EnglishScope 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 AcquisitionFrom the Hart Collection
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 8
Special Orders1862 July 4EnglishScope 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 Department1861 April 16 - 1863 AugustEnglishScope and Contents
This folder contains orders from the War Department, Adjutant General's Office.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 10
General Orders, War Department1863 September - 1865EnglishScope 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 Virginia1862 JulyEnglish
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General Orders, Reserve Army Corps1862English
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 13
General Orders, Defences of Washington1862-1863English
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 14
General Orders, U.S. Forces1863 May- JuneEnglish
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 15
General Orders, Department of the South1864-1865English
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 16
General Orders, Military District of Washington1862English
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 17
General Orders, Military Division of the Gulf1865English
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 18
General Orders, Army of the Potomac1862 March - 1863 MarchEnglish
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 19
General Orders, Army of the Potomac1863 April - 1864 MayEnglish
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 20
General Order, Department of South Carolina1865 July 24English
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 21
General Order, Centre Grand Division1863 January 19English
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 22
General Orders regarding Williamsburg1863 August-OctoberEnglishScope 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 Reports1861-1862 EnglishScope 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 PrisonersundatedEnglishScope 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 Booklets1862-1863EnglishScope 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.
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Drawings1865English
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Drawing of Forage House1865Scope 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
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- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 24
Maps1862-1864English
- Mixed Materials Top of Map Cabinet Oversize Folder 1
Southeastern Virginia, Fort Monroe approaches to Richmond and Fredericksburg Map1861English
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 24 object: 1
Map of the Intersection of the James River and Warwick River showing Union and Confederate positions1862 April 4EnglishScope 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 AcquisitionAcc. 2004.40
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 24 object: 2
Map of Confederate positions on the James River1862 April 6EnglishScope 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 AcquisitionAcc. 2004.41
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 1 Oversize Folder: 4
Drawing of the permanent bridge over the Chickahominy River, Va1862 July 14 EnglishScope 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 SurroundingsEnglishImmediate Source of Acquisition
Acc. 1988.04
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 24 object: 4
Map showing Grant's campaign around Richmond1864English
- Mixed Materials Top of Map Cabinet Oversize Folder 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 25
Articles1862-1871English
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 6 folder: 2 object: 1
Newspaper clippings regarding Federal hospitalsEnglishScope 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 South1865 September 12EnglishScope 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
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 6 folder: 2 object: 1