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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

C. V. Belknap journal

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: SFM 068
Abstract

C. V. Belknap was a Union soldier during the Civil War.

Dates: November 1864-1865

Civil War letters collection

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 35025042918033]
Identifier: A 255
Abstract

The Civil War letters collection contains six letters written by three different Union soldiers to family members. This collection was artifically compiled by Mrs. Keith Brunig of Eugene, Oregon in the late 1960s.

Dates: 1863-1864

Davenport Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 242
Abstract Timothy Woodbridge (T.W.) Davenport (1826-1911) and his family settled in the upper Willamette Valley in the 1850s. T.W. Davenport was a farmer, surveyor, state representative, state senator, and special Indian agent at the Umatilla Agency in the 1860s. T.W. Davenport’s son, Homer Davenport (1867-1912) became the most highly paid political cartoonist of his time and importer of the first purebred Arabian horse in America. This collection contains the personal papers of T.W. Davenport, Homer...
Dates: 1848-1966

Otto Eisenschiml manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: F923 Ei84
Abstract

Otto Eisenschiml (1880-1963) was a chemist and an American Civil War historian who published books and articles regarding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The collection (1960-1963) contains manuscripts, notes, proofs and related correspondence of the books, The Hidden Face of the Civil War and O.E.: Historian Without an Armchair.

Dates: 1960-1963

Jackson County, Oregon Citizen's Committee petition

 Collection — Multiple collection box [CA 1865 Feb 1] 1: [Barcode: i50164843]
Identifier: CA 1865 Feb 1
Abstract

Jackson County, Oregon Citizen's Committee started a petition in 1865 that asked the County to extend payment to persons enlisting in the Oregon Volunteer Infantry before February 1, 1865. The collection contains the petition dated February 1, 1865, and includes fifty-four signatures.

Dates: February 1, 1865

Porter Family correspondence

 Collection — Multiple collection box [A 115] 1: [Barcode: i49593845]
Identifier: A 115
Abstract

Isabella Porter Spencer (1849-1924), of Ashland, was the daughter of James M. Porter of Iowa. The collection consists of both her own correspondence and that of her father.

Dates: 1849-1887

Maria Van Wagonen collection of letters of J. R. Young and C. Scriber, 24th Regiment, New York Volunteers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: i49941598]
Identifier: A 125
Abstract

J.R. Young and C. Scriber served in the 24th Reginment, New York Volunteers during the America Civil War and were stationed in or near Arlington, Virginia. The collection (1861-1862) contains letters from Young and from Scriber written to a Maria Van Wagonen, illustrated Civil War stationary and envelopes, and a Civil War patriotic fold-out of the "Rose of Washington."

Dates: 1861-1862

Edward B. Williams letters

 Collection — Folder 1 (shares a clamshell): [Barcode: i49941458]
Identifier: A 176
Abstract

Edward B. Williams was a soldier of Company C, 32nd Iowa Infantry, during the American Civil War. The collection (1864-1865) contains correspondence and a broadside.

Dates: 1864-1865