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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Andrew H. Norton and Charles D. Jones Civil War Letters to Sarah M. Jones

 Collection
Identifier: mss-889
Abstract

Collection consists of letters to Sarah M. Jones from her brother Charles D. Jones and from her friend, and later husband, Andrew H. Norton, both of whom were Union soldiers in the Civil War.

Dates: 1864-1866

Benjamin F. Hatch Papers

 Collection
Identifier: mss-663
Abstract

Collection contains letters of Benjamin F. Hatch, of Hartland, VT, to his wife, Lucina, written during his service in the 12th Vermont Regiment in the Civil War. Also includes an unidentified diary, 1854-1855, his military discharge, and other, non-Civil War correspondence.

Dates: 1854-1875

Cargill Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: mss-087
Abstract

The collection contains several folders of correspondence, including a number of letters from George Cargill documenting his service during the Civil War. Also included are many of George Cargill’s collected poems and songs. Also in the collection are account books, a war conscription notice and miscellaneous scraps.

Dates: 1863-1885

Charles G. Gould Papers

 Collection
Identifier: mss-1014
Abstract

The Charles G. Gould papers document the life of brevetted Civil War major, Charles G. Gould from his enlistment in Company G of the 11th Vermont Regiment to his death. The collection contains hundreds of pieces of correspondence as well as diaries and transcripts, military and professional papers, photographs, objects, ephemera, and newspaper clippings detailing his time as a soldier in the Civil War as well as his work in numerous Federal departments and agencies post-War.

Dates: 1862-1917

Hapgood Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: mss-657
Abstract

Collection contains 12 small pocket diaries recording the weather, Civil War events (writer was a soldier), and general reflections on life and character.

Dates: 1858-1870

John Q. Dickinson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: mss-511
Scope and Contents

Collection contains the Civil War letters of John Q. Dickinson, a captain in the 7th Vermont Infantry during the Civil War. Includes letters written by Dickinson during service in Louisiana, a memo book containing a refutation of General Ben Butler's accusations against the 7th VT Infantry, diaries, and letters from Florida after the Civil War, where he was killed by the Ku Klux Klan.

Dates: 1854-1886

Parker Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: mss-137
Abstract

The Parker Family Papers consist largely of Civil War letters to and from Moses A. Parker. Parker's letters, many of which are to his fiance and eventual wife Eliza E. Hale Parker, offer considerable detail on the daily life of the Civil War soldier. The Parker Family was from Concord, Vermont.

Dates: 1820-1952

Savage Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: mss-035
Abstract

Collection includes primarily letters (1860-79) received by Reuben A. and Elizabeth R. Ladd Savage, residents of Stowe, Vt., from family members in New England, Baraboo, Wisconsin, Esondido, California, Lawrence, Kansas, and Metamora, Illinois, concerning everday life; includes a few civil War letters from Stowe men serving in the Army.

Dates: 1768-1902

Tabor H. Parcher Papers

 Collection
Identifier: mss-770
Abstract

Collection contains several letters of Civil War soldier, Tabor H. Parcher of the 10th VT Regiment, to his wife Sarah, as well as Parcher's diary.

Dates: 1862-1880

William Stow Civil War Letters

 Collection
Identifier: mss-529
Abstract

Letters of Private William Stow of the Second Vermont Infantry in the Civil War. Includes a few letters of his brother Lewis, also in the second.

Dates: 1861-1864