United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:
Sappington-Marmaduke Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A1475
Scope and Contents
The Sappington-Marmaduke Family Papers are a combined collection of the papers of Dr. John Sappington and M.M. Marmaduke. They consist of correspondence, circulars, deeds, ferry licenses, bills of sale, receipts, land surveys, commissions, and account books.
The Correspondence Series contains personal correspondence relating to family affairs, local news, Missouri politics, and business correspondence regarding Dr. Sappington’s...
Dates:
1810-1941
Saugrain-Michau Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A1477
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, invitations, circulars, news clips, manuscripts, Saugrain family baptismal records, land surveys, deeds, obituaries, genealogical information, and the Civil War papers of John Waddell, son-in-law of Dr. Saugrain.
Saugrain's letters include information on his 1788 expedition through the Ohio Valley, financed by the Count of Galvey, Viceroy of Mexico, with detailed accounts of his escape from an Indian...
Dates:
1776-1921
William Tecumseh Sherman Collection
Collection
Identifier: A1508
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of correspondence and invitations. The majority of the collection consists of documents written by W.T. Sherman during the course of his military career. Most of the documents are original although some photocopies and facsimiles are present.
Folder 1 contains correspondence relating to Sherman’s early military service as a commissary officer in St. Louis and New Orleans, his years as a banker in the employment of...
Dates:
1850-1916
Dexter P. Tiffany Collection
Collection
Identifier: A1634
Scope and Contents
The Dexter P. Tiffany Collection consists of various records of the St. Louis County Court, 1808-1902; the city of Carondelet, 1825-1870; and the Washington County Court, 1813-1830. The St. Louis County Court records span a wide variety of topics over a nearly 100-year period. Although some records are sparse and merely representative of the types of documents produced, others appear to be nearly complete series of records.
Dates:
1808-1915
Tredway Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A1648
Scope and Contents
The collection contains several loose papers and a scrapbook of the Tredway and Greeley families, which include several military and professional papers of William W. Tredway while he resided in New York and Wisconsin in the 1820s and 1830s; several documents relating to Jefferson Davis that appear to have been taken from Davis’ home by Dwight Tredway during the Civil War; several Confederate letters captured by Tredway; papers of Charles S. Greeley, many of which relate to...
Dates:
1803-1944
Martha Ann Waller Scrapbook Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3081
Scope and Contents
The collection dates from 1861 to 1925 and is arranged alphabetically. It is comprised primarily of six scrapbooks kept by Martha Ann (Mattie) Anderson Waller containing items dated from 1861 to 1901. There are two documents from Mattie’s older sister, Lizzie Anderson Wright, pertaining to her kindergarten teacher training (1883) and to her membership in the United Daughters of the Confederacy (1925).
The Family Scrapbook (Vol. 1) contains an array of items, beginning with a...
Dates:
1861-1925; Majority of material found within 1861-1901
Henry W. Williams Collection
Collection
Identifier: A1749
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of papers both belonging to, and collected by, Henry W. Williams, including his correspondence and scrapbooks, various items from the Civil War, and papers regarding steamboats and financial markets.
Dates:
1835-1953; Majority of material found within 1848-1890
William F. Wright Civil War Diary
Collection
Identifier: A3132
Scope and Contents
The diary contains daily entries beginning on May 27, 1861, in Iowa and ending on December 25, 1861, in St. Louis at Benton Barracks. The pages are numbered from 1 to 119; misnumbered pages resulted in no page 63. There are two entries for December 25, one of which is out of order on page 93. The diary’s binding has failed, and the pages are loose.
Wright’s friend Henson Thomas wrote two brief diary entries on July 2nd and August 7th on the endpaper in the back of the volume. On...
Dates:
1861 May-Dec
Wyckoff Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A1778
Scope and Contents
The Wyckoff Family Papers consist primarily of correspondence of George and Josephine Wyckoff and their family and friends. The bulk of the correspondence dates from the Civil War years and contains letters of George Wyckoff, while serving in the 18th Missouri Infantry, and other soldiers in Iowa, Indiana, and Missouri regiments.
Dates:
1857-1911; Majority of material found within 1862-1864