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Items with subject 'United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865'
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Dashiell Family Pension records
by Lemon, George E. (1900s)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
Photocopied record of pensions issued for the Deshields / Dashiell family members who enlisted in the United States Colored Infantry during the Civil War.
Delaware Civil War Regiment collection
by Unknown (2000s)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
The Delaware Civil War Regiment collection contains a CD and a printed overview about the Delaware Regiment during the Civil War. The CD includes information on the Delaware Volunteer Regiments during the Civil War in the form of newspapers, battle maps, and essays on the Second Delaware Volunteers.
Delaware in the Civil War
by Williams, Stan (2012)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
Two copies of the Nabb Gallery Lecture Series: Delaware in the Civil War digital visual discs. They are recordings of local historians Stan Williams and Patsey Parmar reading Bivouac of the Dead on November 15, 2012.
Diaries of Ed Glennan
by Glennan, Ed (1861 – 1864)
2 boxes (0.75 linear feet)
Contains seven volumes of Civil War diaries photocopied from Ed Glennon’s originals, privately owned by Rose Embry Carey. Ed Glennon was the brother of Alice Glennon, wife of Charles Walker Embry. Charles W. Embry was the father of John Embry; John Embry the father of Charles Embry; and Charles Embry the father of Rose Embry Carey.
Diaries of Orren Perkins
by Perkins, Orren (1862 – 1865)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
The two Diaries of Orren Perkins are dated 1862 and 1863, but there were documents within the pockets of the diary that date to 1865. The diaries consist of daily entries by Universalist minister, Reverend Orren Perkins of Winchester, New Hampshire. Perkins was also a politician who, at the time of the diaries, served in the Lower House and Senate of the New Hampshire Legislature. Perkins wrote about his personal life, church activities, and local and political topics, including the American Civil War. He also has one spell of depression and a serious illness due to his "poisoned" ear. Documents from within the diary pockets include war widow benefit receipts from 1862, a newspaper clipping about a Senate Convention involving Perkins in 1865, and miscellaneous notes. Perkins kept a detailed record of his purchases in the back of each diary.
Diary of Edgar Noble
by Noble, Edgar (1863)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
Photocopy of the Civil War diary of Edgar Noble from 1863. The diary documents Noble's movements and actions from Falmouth, Virginia to the Battle of Antietam, January 10, 1863, to July 3, 1863.
Diary of Sarah Porter
by Porter, Sarah (1862)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
The Diary of Sarah Porter was written in 1862 by the 12 year old from Hadley, Michigan. Porter's family owned the town's first hotel and had frequent visitors throughout the diary, including American Civil War soldiers.
Digitizing Delmarva Heritage & Traditions DVD Collection
by PAC-14 Public Access Television (circa 2008 – 2016)
1 box, 1 folder (0.5 linear feet)
The Digitizing Delmarva Heritage & Traditions Collection is a collection of publicly-sourced videos on topics all around the Delmarva Peninsula. From the history of local small towns like Allen, MD, to locally-renowned recipes for chicken salad, this collection showcases much of what Delmarva culture has to offer.
Dr. William S. Pierce papers
by Pierce, William S. (1861 – 1902)
2 folders (0.02 linear feet)
The collection includes family history conducted by Dr. William S. Pierce. The bulk of the papers are scans of Civil War Service (muster, disability, etc.) and Pension Records of Jarvis and Noah Jenkins (brothers), James Thomas Smullen. All were part of the 1st Eastern Shore of Maryland Infantry during the Civil War. The records span from 1861-1902, with significant material related to the widow's pension case of Henrietta Smullen, wife of James Smullen.
Elijah T.P. Gibbons papers
by Gibbons, Elijah (1861 – 1879)
1 box (0.25 linear feet)
Elijah T.P. Gibbons papers document through correspondence the activities of Gibbons’ cousin, Alexander King, a Union soldier who served in Tennessee’s Company K and Hiram Scott, Gibbons’ uncle who was living in Kentucky during the Civil War. The correspondence also includes friends and family members and expresses opinion on the war including the draft, life in military camp, and their on-going activities, 1861-1865. Also included are debt payments and bond statements between Gibbons and James Cottman from the 1870s.
Farlow Civil War Pension collection
by Unknown (1879 – 1920)
6 folders (0.06 linear feet)
The Farlow Civil War Pension collection contains information on six members of the Farlow family who served in the American Civil War. The collection consists of their applications for pensions, payments for disability, certificates of soldiery, and other pension-related applications from the Department of the Interior, city, and county courts.
Fitzgerald Civil War Correspondence Collection
by Fitzgerald, Nehemiah; Reed, Elizabeth Leah (1864 – 2009)
2 folders (0.02 linear feet)
This collection contains photocopies of Civil War correspondence written by Nehemiah Fitzgerald of Virginia. His father's side of the family came from the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Also included are We Come from Island People On Virginia's Eastern Shore by Elizabeth Leah Reed and a paper written by Lee M. Krempel entitled "The 19th Century American Letter as Literature: The Civil War Letters of Nehemiah Fitzgerald, and other supporting documentation."