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Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

William Henry Fields Dulany Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0415
Scope and Contents The Dulany Papers contain the personal papers of William Henry Fields Dulany (1818-1914), pioneer Missouri tobacco and lumber entrepreneur. Included in the collection are the personal papers and ephemera of his nephew and son-in-law, Thomas Epps Gates Dulany (1841-1923); grandson William Henry Dulany, Jr. (1874-1948); granddaughter Vivian Duncan Dulany Murphy (1885-1965); and her husband George Thomas Murphy (1877-1959). There are also items pertaining to the Dulany Memorial...
Dates: 1849-1944

James Buchanan Eads Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0427
Scope and Contents The collection contains professional and personal correspondence of James B. Eads with Edward Bates, Gideon Welles, Gustavus Fox, Henry Taylor Blow, Frank P. Blair, Jr., Baron Gerolt, and others. Includes papers relating to Eads' construction of gunboats during the Civil War and the construction of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge (also known as the Eads Bridge). The collection also includes 20th-century newspaper clippings regarding James B. Eads and relations; cancelled stock certificates...
Dates: 1776-1974; Majority of material found within 1861-1896

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

Emmons Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0450
Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials related to the history of St. Charles, Missouri, and spans the lives of three generations of the Benjamin Emmons family. Persons involved in the early transactions include Edward Bates, Frederick Bates, Charles Dehault Delassus, John C. Edwards, Archibald Gamble, Hamilton Gamble, J. Mackay, William G. Pettus, Amos Stoddard, and Zenon Trudeau. Manuscripts include St. Charles land documents from the French and Spanish periods, including Zenon Trudeau's...
Dates: 1776-1941

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

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 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

Kerr-Peters Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A1845
Scope and Contents

Collection consists primarily of nineteenth-century deeds for property in St. Louis and related legal documents, mostly relating to Anne M. Peters, George W. Kerr, and the Spencer family. Collection also contains two Civil War commissions of James F. How.

Dates: 1827-1883

Ellen Magill Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0968
Scope and Contents

The collection consists primarily of letters written to Ellen Magill from family and friends, which mostly discuss family and local news regarding Florissant, St. Louis, and Mexico, Missouri. The collection also contains correspondence relating to a cousin, Lucy Sullivan, whose account at St. Vincent’s Institution was paid for by Ellen and Jane Magill; receipts for items and money sent to St. Vincent’s Institution; and an account book from a Florissant grocery store, dated 1877.

Dates: 1837-1887