United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:
Henry Ware Eliot Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0445
Scope and Contents
The Henry Ware Eliot Papers consist of military certificates, forms, and correspondence, exhibition and service programs, and documents regarding Eliot's business and personal involvements.
The Correspondence Series contains letters ranging in date from 1868 to 1953. There are letters regarding the military involvement of both Eliot and his two sons, Henry and T.S. Other letters concern family exchanges, holiday greetings, and the...
Dates:
1862-1953
William Greenleaf Eliot Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0446
Scope and Contents
The William Greenleaf Eliot Papers consist of sermons, addresses, family papers, correspondence, Civil War documents, and documents regarding Eliot's church and other organizations.
The Sermons Series contains 35 sermons, dated 1835-1885, regarding topics such as suffrage, emancipation, and philanthropy. The sermons are arranged by date first delivered.
The Addresses...
Dates:
1832-1961
Daniel B. Gale Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0545
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of letters written to Daniel Gale from friends and family. The letters also include those written by Ella Gale, Daniel's daughter, to her brothers; letters written to Daniel's two other sons, Theodore and Arthur; and letters written to Ella, her husband, and their sons. The letters contain both personal information and business information about the family store Greeley & Gale.
The letters contain several examples of thoughts and...
Dates:
1823-1926
Hamilton Rowan Gamble Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0549
Scope and Contents
The Hamilton Rowan Gamble Papers consist of deeds, early land grants, surveys, a St. Louis court docket book (1816-1833), bills of sale, legal papers regarding land ownership and business agreements, letters pertaining to causes of the Civil War, letters regarding the raising of a state militia, correspondence with political and military leaders, account books and receipts.
Papers pertaining to land cases include deeds from French and Spanish ownership...
Dates:
1787-1964; Majority of material found within 1787-1876
Gardner Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A2917
Scope and Contents
Papers contain Gardner family correspondence.
Dates:
1846-1928
Ulysses Simpson Grant Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0605
Scope and Contents
The Ulysses Simpson Grant Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter (i.e., Ulysses S. Grant).
The Ulysses S. Grant Series includes items dated 1858-1885, and consists primarily of correspondence to and from Grant. The series includes eight documents relating to the Civil War and a few items...
Dates:
1788-1959; Majority of material found within 1858-1935
Groot Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A2964
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of Groot family correspondence. Most of the letters were written by James P. Groot. Notable content includes three letters signed Rachel Mull to her sister Maria—dated September 2, 1855, April 5, 1856, and February 25, no year—that describe the abusive relationship with her husband, Barney Mull. The collection also includes 12 Civil War–era letters signed James P. Groot describing affairs in St. Louis and his military service in the 6th Iowa Infantry.
Dates:
1836-1886
Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries
Collection
Identifier: A0632
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 22 volumes of diaries dating July 7, 1849-April 7, 1863. In addition to nearly daily diary entries, the collection includes newspaper clippings, letters, photographs, sketches, and other items inserted into the volumes by Gunn. Gunn wrote extensively about his experiences in the New York publishing and literary world, encounters with well-known literary and artistic personalities (such as Fanny Fern, James Parton, Walt Whitman, Fitz James O’Brien,...
Dates:
1818-1902; Majority of material found within 1849-1863
Thomas S. Hawley Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0666
Scope and Contents
The Thomas S. Hawley Papers consist primarily of correspondence from Thomas Hawley to his parents and siblings in Olney, Illinois, during his Civil War service. The collection also includes several letters from Thomas' parents to their son, and a few letters between other members of the Hawley family. The correspondence documents Thomas Hawley's Civil War service, family affairs, and life in St. Louis after the war. The collection also includes a hospital record book of the 11th Missouri...
Dates:
1856-1867; Majority of material found within 1861-1866
Kennett Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0812
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises papers of the Kennett and Frost families, including notes and receipts of the Kennett, White and Company, circa 1840; letters of D.M. Frost to his wife from Texas in 1852 regarding Indian wars and letters dated 1856 regarding the Sioux War; diary of Edwin Harrison, 1858, which concerns the social life of St. Louis; and Civil War letters of Ferdinand Kennett, Jr. (Confederate) to his parents, 1864. (The Kennett family left Selma Hall and moved to St. Louis during...
Dates:
1840-1932