Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:
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