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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

A. Levi Wells Civil War Correspondence, Kaneville, 1861-1863

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-07-7.24
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1861-1863

Civil War Correspondence from Milo A. Jones, 20th New York Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1864

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-13-13.16
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1862-1864

Civil War Correspondence, George W. Pepoon, 1855-1868

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-06-6.4
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1855-1868

Eli B. Gilbert Family Collection (DeKalb)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-277
Scope and Contents The Eli B. Gilbert Family Collection spans five generations, all of whom have resided at 210 N. 1st Street in DeKalb.  Materials in this collection date from the 1830's to the 1990's, although the bulk of the collection dates from the 1860's through the mid-1940's. About half the collection consists of photographic materials including ambrotypes, cartes-de-visite, and glass plate negatives.  Scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, correspondence, a large number of legal documents, and genealogical...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1844-1996; Other: Date acquired: 01/25/2007

Elizabeth, Seneca and Mary Potter; Correspondence, Receipts, Ledgers, Tax Records, Advertisements, and Photos, 185? - 1956

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.13 a-e
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: -; Other: Majority of material found in 185? - 1956

F.E. Griffith Family Correspondence (Sandwich)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-089
Scope and Contents The Griffith Family Papers collection is a three generation chronicle of the Frank E. Griffith family containing letters, photographs, and legal documents dating from the late 1700's to 1938. The major series of this collection consists of letters Frank Griffith sent home during his military service in the Civil War (1862-1865), and several letters from other family members. These letters are a unique primary source providing insights on the Union Army attitudes and revealing the struggles...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1794-1938; Other: Date acquired: 03/14/1980

Francis H. Bowman Civil War Correspondence, St. Charles, 1861-1862

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-07-7.25
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1861-1862

Giles P. Ransom Family Collection (Roscoe)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-275
Scope and Contents Records in the Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family collection date from 1789 to 2009 with the majority of the records from the 1850 through 1930 time period. They document the personal and business aspects of individuals living in Rockford and Roscoe, Illinois. There are four main families represented in the collection–Jenks, Sherman, Leland, and Ransom; the Ransom family is most predominant. The other families are associated by marriage or settled near the Ransoms or both. Documents include...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1839-2009; Other: Majority of material found in 1850s-1930s; Other: Date acquired: 06/22/2006

Hall Family Collection (Sycamore)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-117
Scope and Contents The collection partially documents four generations of the Horace Hall family of Sycamore, Illinois from 1824 to 1946. Most of the correspondence provides detailed information on family lifestyles in the last half of the nineteenth century. Important to note are the letters that provide insight on family attitudes during the Civil War years. Genealogical charts, personal diaries, family legal documents, publications, photographs, and scrapbooks complete the collection. The original...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1824-1946; Other: Date acquired: 11/09/1980

H.W. Fay Portrait Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-026
Scope and Contents The Herbert W. Fay Collection contains 9 boxes of material directly related to and including Fay’s portrait collection.  Box 1, housing material dated between 1864-1945, contains several file folders of general and personal correspondence and portrait loan agency clippings, all reflective of Fay s occupation as an historical portrait collector. Also included in this group are printed materials (broadsides leaflets, etc) related to Fay’s social and political interests and his participation in...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1864-1945; Other: Date acquired: 02/16/1966