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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:

United States Sanitary Commission photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0279
Abstract

The collection contains photographs related to the United States Sanitary Commission, circa 1861-1865.

Dates: 1861-1865

Washington Hands Civil War notebook

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2468
Abstract

Microfilmed copy of a notebook written by Washington Hands of Baltimore, Maryland during his time as a Confederate soldier in the Civil War.

Dates: 1860-1865

William Howard manumission papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3257
Abstract

The collection consists of documents relating to the manumission and service of William Howard (circa 1835-1864) who served in the 30th United States Colored Infantry during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1846, 1864

William J. Ward collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3056
Abstract Summary: This collection is the personal and business papers of William J. Ward, 1808-1892, consisting of: business and family correspondence; indentures, deeds depositions, land plats, and other legal documents; receipts, lists, and other financial documents; printed materials; and a garden journal. Some correspondence in the collection mentions Civil War Reconstruction issues from the perspective of a Southern Sympathizer. Of particular interest is a sermon by William J. Ward, published in...
Dates: 1725-1911

William M. Marine collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1016
Abstract

William Matthew Marine, 1843-1904, was a Baltimore attorney, the collector of the Port of Baltimore during the 1890's, and an amateur writer. This collection contains 32 boxes comprised of his legal and political correspondence, notes, and clippings from 1808-1904.

Dates: 1808-1904

Wilson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0833
Abstract The Wilson papers contains a collection of personal and business papers of members of Wilson family, principally, Reverend Franklin Wilson, a Baptist minister, and his wife Virginia Appleton Wilson; his son, John Appleton Wilson, an architect, and daughter Adelaide S. Wilson, and granddaughter, Virginia Appleton Wilson. Papers include correspondence, diaries, account books, scrapbooks, photographs, legal documents, church records and records of John Appleton's architectural firm. Topics...
Dates: 1790-1952