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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 79 Collections and/or Records:

George M. Anderson photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0247
Abstract

This collection consists of photographs, prints, and negatives of the work of Adalbert Johann Volck, a Baltimore dentist, artist, cartoonist, sculptor, and silversmith.

Dates: 1861-1969

Glenn papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1017
Abstract

The collection is comprised primarily of correspondence as well as legal documents, deeds, wills and indentures, and some of Judge John Glenn's and his son William Wilkins Glenn’s personal correspondence, including letters from Reverdy Johnson, Daniel Webster, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Maryland Governor Thomas Pratt, General Henry Heth, General Louis Wigfall.

Dates: 1706-1939

Gordon-Blackford papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0398
Abstract

The Gordon-Blackford papers consists of 9 boxes of primarily correspondence between the families of John Montgomery Gordon and Eugene Blackford.

Dates: 1828-1889

Griffin-Murray-Studds-Douty family manuscript collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3201
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence and ephemera related to the Griffin, Murray, Studds, and Douty families. This includes such documents as letters between family members, birth certificates, and death notices. Of particular interest is correspondence from William M. Griffin to his mother and siblings during his service with the Union Army.

Dates: 1846 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1963

Gustavus A. Dobler collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3169
Abstract

This collection contains the journals of Gustavus A. Dobler from 1861-1873.

Dates: 1861 - 1873

Hepbron-Jackson family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3270
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, farm records, wills, deeds, financial records and a genealogical compilation of family history related to the Hepbron and Jackson families of Kent County, Maryland and Loudon County, Virginia, circa 1677-1958.

Dates: 1677 April 30-1958 August 3

Hering family scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1917
Abstract

This collection contains a two volume autobiography of Joshua Webster Hering, two scrapbooks, and 18 miscellaneous items.

Dates: 1774-1951

Hester Ann Wilkins Davis manuscript collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3203
Abstract

This collection contains the diary of Hester Ann Wilkins Davis (1809-1888) written during the Civil War years as well as notes related to the Davis family.

Dates: 1861-2007; Majority of material found in 1861-1864

J. Thomas Scharf collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1999
Abstract The collection consists of the personal papers and the documents collected by John Thomas Scharf, an historian. Also included are the papers of Philadelphia historian Thompson Westcott. Topics covered in Scharf's personal papers are methods of historical research and the Baltimore Sesquicentennial in October 1880. The collected documents owned by Scharf include Confederate States of America naval records, 1863-64, Maryland state documents, 18th-19th century, and other original manuscripts....
Dates: 1730-1892

James Howard McHenry papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0544
Abstract

This collection contains the James Howard McHenry papers, dated 1810-1885. The vast majority of the collection is composed of family and business correspondence, but there are also scrapbooks, clippings, and ledgers.

Dates: 1810-1885