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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Bowdoin College during the Civil War

 Collection
Identifier: M194 .V363
Scope and Contents

Duplicated typescript Bowdoin College history term paper

Dates: 1977

Bridge-Maurice papers

 Collection
Identifier: M019
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, notes, and photographs, all concerning Horatio Bridge and many involving his relationship with Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Hawthorne family.

Dates: 1837-1888, undated

Diary

 Collection
Identifier: M194 .C374
Scope and Contents

Daily entries, October 21, 1862, to July 6, 1863, of a captain of the 22nd Maine Infantry, covering the period from his departure from Bangor, Me., until his death in the Port Hudson campaign

Dates: 1862-1863

Elisha Coan collection

 Collection
Identifier: M036
Abstract

Letters, documents, articles, clippings, photographs and other material relating to Coan and his career, particularly during the Civil War.

Dates: 1831-1955, undated; Majority of material found within 1857 - 1869

John J. Pullen collection

 Collection
Identifier: M153
Abstract

Notes and manuscripts for Pullen's books "The Twentieth Maine", and "A Shower of Stars: The Medal of Honor, The 27th Maine", and other publications. Both manuscripts are accompanied by the photographs, maps, and sketches used as illustrations for the works.

Dates: 1954-1983

Lee Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: M106
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence and other materials from various Lee family members, including Day Kellogg Lee, Charles Follen Lee, Frederick Crosby Lee, Grace Emma Dean Lee, and Sophia M. Hershey Lee.

Dates: 1845-1923, undated

Mellen Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: M129
Abstract

The collection contains print and manuscript material from the family papers and genealogical research of the compiler, Clara Hawkins Mellen. Includes genealogical notes, charts, and correspondence; ancestral and family correspondence, diaries, including a copy of Henry Sewall, Jr.'s revolutionary war diary; documents; and clippings.

Dates: 1611-1968, undated

Military letterbook of Colonel George M. Atwood

 Collection
Identifier: M194 .A896 folio
Scope and Contents

Bound volume containing manuscript copies of outgoing correspondence of Col. George M. Atwood, who was commanding the 24th Regiment of Maine Volunteers, relating administrative matters, chiefly concerning personnel

Dates: 1862 - 1863

Needler R. Jennings papers

 Collection
Identifier: M097
Abstract

The collection contains letters (1805-63 and undated), a certificate (1855), and bills and receipts (1854). Most pre-Civil War material was either personal or involved recruiting speakers for the Lyceum lectures; the Civil War letters, three of them letters of introduction from Pierre Soulé, relate to Jenning's service in the Confederate army.

Dates: 1805-1863

Thomas W. Hyde family papers

 Collection
Identifier: M199
Abstract

The collection contains journals, correspondence, photographs, clippings, and printed ephemera. The journals, kept by Eleanor Hyde Phillips, span three decades, the first beginning in 1890 when Eleanor was ten years old; correspondence (1831-1891) is mainly between Thomas W. Hyde and Annie Hayden, many of the letters were written during the Civil War.

Dates: 1831-1948, undated