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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:

Litchfield. Board of Selectmen. Letter regarding a draft

00-2010-279-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-279-0
Scope and Contents

Blank letter requesting inactive militia members to appear in front of the court house for the purpose of a draft.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1862 Sep 3; Other: Date acquired: 11/09/2011
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Capt. Mackenzie message to the Confederates

00-2010-284-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-284-0
Scope and Contents

Message to the Confederates, Norfolk, Va., in answer to to our terms of surrender, signed Capt. Mackenzie. The message could be a copy of an original, and "Capt. Mackenzie" could be Capt. Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, who commanded the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery in 1864.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: [1864?]; Other: Date acquired: 11/09/2011
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Phelps Family Papers

1961-39-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1961-39-0
Scope and Contents The Phelps Family Papers consist primarily of correspondence. Most of the letters date from 1854-1865 and were written to or from Rev. Winthrop Henry Phelps, who served as chaplain to the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery during the Civil War and from his wife Lucy F. Robinson Phelps. Among the most noteworthy of the papers are a series of diaries maintained by Rev. Phelps. Several of these were edited by his granddaughter Ethel Lowerre Phelps in 1945 and published as limited editions titled...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1817-1945; Other: Date acquired: 02/09/1963
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Charles E. Plumb letter

00-2010-289-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-289-0
Scope and Contents

Letter written from Washington [Conn.?] to his "brother," who he has recently heard was not hurt during the battle of Cold Harbor. He is grateful his brother and other brother, Seth, have thus far escaped unharmed. Also writes about his activities in Washington and health. Photocopy.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1864 Jun 26; Other: Date acquired: 12/09/2011
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Plumb family correspondence

1975-50-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1975-50-0
Scope and Contents The Plumb family correspondence (1975-50-0, .43 linear feet) consists primarily of letters written by brothers Seth F. Plumb and William H. Plumb during the American Civil War to each other and their sister, brothers, and friends. There are also two letters, one dated 1866 and one dated 1876, written by their brother Charles E. Plumb. Seth and William's letters provide extensive documentation of soldiers' lives and thoughts. Some of the letters have been transcribed. Click the On-line...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1861-1876; Other: Date acquired: 07/11/1975
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Provost Marshal's Office letter regarding the draft

00-2010-280-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-280-0
Scope and Contents

Letter regarding the draft ordered by the President of the United States.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1863 Jul 24; Other: Date acquired: 11/09/2011
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

George Richards sermons and address

00-2010-215-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-215-0
Scope and Contents

Item 1: sermon delivered Apr. 27, 1862, and Feb. 4, 1866; Item 2: sermon delivered Sep. 14, 1862 prior to the departure of the 19th Regiment; Item 3: address, "How New England Can Hold Its Own," delivered Jan. 21, 1869, in Washington, Conn., at the dedication of Farmers' Hall.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1862-1869
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Katharine Bissell Bogert Roe memoir

00-1960-23-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1960-23-0
Scope and Contents Ten-page memoir in which Katherine Bissell Bogert Roe recounts Litchfield in the 1860s when she was a teenager. She recalls visiting her Aunt Mary Bissell, other members of the Bissell and Welch families, and friends; details about the interiors and exteriors of houses; watching baseball; going to dances and the circus; riding down North Street imitating a circus performer on Dr. Gates's buggy; activities during the Civil War; giving Henry Ward Beecher an arbutus from Litchfield; and other...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1912; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1960
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

George B. Sanford manuscript

00-1964-18-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1964-18-0
Scope and Contents The George B. Sanford manuscript (1964-18-0, .21 linear feet) consists of an original typescript draft and copy of his memoir, "Experiences in Army Life of Col. George B. Sanford, Retired, U.S.A., lately Col. 6th Cavalry U.S.A.," written about 1893 or 1894, which details his experiences during the American Civil War. A copy of this manuscript was edited and published in 1969 by E. R. Hagemann in book form titled Fighting Rebels and Redskins: Experiences in...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1893; Other: Date acquired: 01/05/1964
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Gen. John Sedgwick collection

00-1963-30-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1963-30-0
Scope and Contents

Collection of papers related to Civil War Gen. John Sedgwick (1831-1864) of Cornwall, Conn. Items include photographs and documents relating to Sedgwick memorials assembled by Edward Kelly of Litchfield, 1963; a Litchfield Enquirer containing an article on the dedication of a memorial to Sedgwick at Gettysburg, Jun. 12, 1913; and an undated chronology of the events of Sedgwick's life.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1913-1963; Other: Date acquired: 12/01/1964
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

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