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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 119 Collections and/or Records:

Maud Morrow Brown Civil War manuscript and letter from Margaret Mitchell

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS172f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a typed copy of the diary of William Decatur Howell, a Confederate soldier of Oxford, Mississippi who served in Atlanta during the Atlanta Campaign. The diary also contains a short biography of Howell. The manuscript was compiled by Howell's aunt, Maud Morrow Brown in 1931. The collection also contains a letter from author Margaret Mitchell to Ms. Brown regarding the manuscript.

Dates: 1931, 1941
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Maud Morrow Brown Civil War manuscript and letter from Margaret Mitchell

Mildred Lewis Lawton scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS290
Scope and Content

This collection consists of a single scrapbook of newspaper clippings pertaining to events of the Civil War and other events.

Dates: 1862-1865, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Mildred Lewis Lawton scrapbook

Mrs. D. Mitchell Cox scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS340
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of seven scrapbooks assembled by Mrs. D. Mitchell Cox. Included in the scrapbooks are newspaper clippings on the Daughters of the American Revolution, Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and programs, photographs, and correspondence.

Dates: 1870-1930, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Mrs. D. Mitchell Cox scrapbooks

Myrta Lockett Avary photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS279
Scope and Content The collection contains images collected by Avary, including images of Joel Chandler Harris, Uncle Remus Memorial Association members, and portraits of Myrta Avary. Also included are exterior views of Bulloch Hall and Barrington Hall in Roswell, Georgia, and the Wren's Nest in Atlanta, Georgia. Of note are images of a ceremony transferring possession of the Wren's Nest from Mrs. Joel Chandler Harris to the Uncle Remus Memorial Association. Other photographs include Joel Chandler Harris...
Dates: 1870-1917, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Myrta Lockett Avary photographs

Promissory note and scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS210f
Scope and Content This collection contains a promissory note to pay John Boutwell the sum of $80.00 for the service of a "negro slave named Reubin" in 1852. The transaction was executed by Harold & Murray on 177 Broad Street. The state in which the transaction occurred has not been determined. The note was found inside a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings on various Civil War battles, short stories and poetry, probably published in the 1860's. At the end of the scrapbook are several hand-written...
Dates: 1852, 1865, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Promissory note and scrapbook

Raleigh and Frances Edge Farmer papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS706f
Scope and Content

This collection consists of the July 2, 1863 edition of the Daily Citizen, published in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and printed on wallpaper. Also included are correspondence pertaining to the newspaper from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, additional newspaper clippings, and information from the Library of Congress pertaining to the use of wallpaper in southern newspaper printing.

Dates: 1863-1948
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Raleigh and Frances Edge Farmer papers

Rawson, Collier, and Harris family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS36
Scope and Content

These papers consist of family correspondence, and legal and financial documents of the Rawson, Collier, and Harris families of Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1863-1952, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Rawson, Collier, and Harris family papers

Richards family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS176
Scope and Content This collection contains the diaries and typewritten transcripts of the diaries of Samuel P. Richards. Journals of Irene Richards, Sarah V. Richards, and Dora Richards. There is also correspondence, family history, a Bible, and scrapbooks containing various information. These papers chronicle daily events in Atlanta and prices and availability of goods. They also describe the shelling and evacuation of the city and also the travels of S.P. Richards to New York City as a refugee in 1864, and...
Dates: 1842-1945, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Richards family papers

Robert A. Meek scrapbooks of the Civil War Round Table of Atlanta

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS808
Scope and Content

These scrapbooks contain letters, flyers, photographs, maps, and newspaper clippings about the American Civil War and meetings of the Civil War Round Table of Atlanta.

Dates: 1960-1989
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Robert A. Meek scrapbooks of the Civil War Round Table of Atlanta

Robert Kellam photograph collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS16
Scope and Content

This collection consists of seven portraits of identified and unidentified individuals.

Dates: 1850s-1860s
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Robert Kellam photograph collection

Rosalie Howell papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS119
Scope and Content The bulk of the materials in the Rosalie Howell papers document Howell's career as a Red Cross nurse during World War I and her subsequent world travel. Items include a scrapbook; correspondence with former patients; official Red Cross documents; clippings concerning her receipt of the Croix de Guerre from the French government; and travel books, postcards, and ephemera (primarily from the United Kingdom). The collection has material about, or created by, other members of the Howell family;...
Dates: 1880-1970, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Rosalie Howell papers

Sarah Martha Cobb Whitner scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS326
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of two scrapbooks that contain newspaper clippings pertaining to Cobb and Whitner families as well as Atlanta events.

Dates: 1857-1900, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Sarah Martha Cobb Whitner scrapbooks

Series II: Civil War papers, 1863-1865, undated

 Series
Scope and Contents The bulk of this collection contains administrative documents from the Confederate States Navy (CSN). Documents include vouchers, allotment tickets, pay receipts, appointments, letters and receipts for repair from the CSS Alabama, CSS Chameleon, CSS Florida, CSS Rappahannock, CSS Scylla, CSS Shenandoah, and CSS Stonewall. Additionally there are financial accounts, Confederate bonds, and receipts. Of particular note are accounting and receipt books, a checkbook, correspondence containing...
Dates: 1863-1865, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / ahc.MSS576, Harvey Smith Jr. papers

Sons of Confederate Veterans collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS385
Scope and Content

This collection contains organizational records pertaining to the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Included in the collection are programs, correspondence, and invitations.

Dates: 1897-1962, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Sons of Confederate Veterans collection

Tatum family documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS619f
Scope and Content

This collection contains five items relating to the Tatum Family of Georgia. There are letters and a military parole pertaining to Robert P. Tatum. There is also a letter from W. E. Patmon (W.E. Patman), brother-in-law of Robert P. Tatum, to his family in 1861. Also in the collection is a cover from a Fulton County Confederate Veterans' Association and a Coley-Tatum-Patmon genealogy.

Dates: 1861-1914
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Tatum family documents

Thomas A. Lesueur parole

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS209f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a parole of private Thomas A. Lesueur on October 8, 1862 in Alden, Virginia. Lesueur was the brother of Mrs. C. S. Gaulden. Lesueur died in 1862.

Dates: 1862
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Thomas A. Lesueur parole

Thomas M. Coleman letter

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS655f
Scope and Content This collection is comprised of one letter written by Coleman to his sister, possibly named Lizzie Coleman, on July 29, 1864, written from a “camp south of Atlanta.” Coleman provides a firsthand account of the Atlanta Campaign describing the charge and repulsion of the "rebels," the reclaiming of lost artillery pieces, and capture of Confederate soldiers. Below Thomas M. Coleman's signature in the same handwriting is "E. Coleman," whose identity has not been determined. A post script stating...
Dates: 1864 July 29
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Thomas M. Coleman letter

Thomas Maguire papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS145
Scope and Content The majority of the Thomas Maguire papers revolves around plantation records from 1834 to 1876. There are two ledgers Maguire kept from 1834-1838, and 1838-1839 with chronological lists of purchases of various quantities of supplies. An account book from 1883 to 1884 contains similar information. A third account book belonged to John E. and James H.C. and recorded shipments of goods in rleation to their mill from 1879-1890. Another account book from 1850 is almost completely in short hand....
Dates: 1829-1949, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Thomas Maguire papers

Thomas W. Connally pardon and certificates

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS72f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a pardon issued to Thomas W. Connally by President Andrew Johnson and certificates signed by Secretary of State William Seward in response to Mr. Connally's service in the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Dates: 1867
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Thomas W. Connally pardon and certificates

Thompson and Glover Families Papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS204
Scope and Content This collection documents the activities of various members of the Thompson and Glover families who lived in Madison, Monticello, and Atlanta, Ga., primarily Catherine Thompson, Will Glover Thompson, Emily Fish Glover, Sallie [Sarah] Glover, and Eli Glover. Materials include correspondence of Sallie Glover with friends and family regarding school, sicknesses, clothes, and family visits. A few letters reference the commotion and disturbance of the Civil War. Correspondence of Catherine...
Dates: 1839-1961
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Thompson and Glover Families Papers