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A Pennsylvanian in blue : the Civil War diary of Thomas Beck Walton

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/32544711

Author: Walton, Thomas Beck,

Date of Publication: 1995

Responsibility: edited by Robert A. Taylor

ISBN: 0942597826 (softcover : alk. paper)

Author: Walton, Thomas Beck,

Place of Publication: Shippensburg, PA

Publisher: Burd Street Press,

Date of Publication: 1995

Physical Description: xiv, 65 p. : ill ; 23 cm

Series: Civil War heritage series ;

Notes: Includes bibliographical references

Subjects: Walton, Thomas Beck, - 1840-1913 - Diaries; United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 195th (1864-1865); Soldiers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography

Additional Author: Taylor, Robert A.,

No balm in Gilead : Lancaster's African-American population and the Civil War Era

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo93

Author: Hopkins, Leroy.

Date of Publication: 1993.

appeared in the Daily Evening Express which stated: TO MEN OF COLOR ! A Mass Meeting of the able-bodied men of color will be held on Wednesday at 8 o'clock, Fulton Hall, Lancaster City, to promote recruiting for United States Colored Troops For the War Frederick Douglas and other distinguished speakers

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Responsibility: by Leroy T. Hopkins, Jr. Ph.D.

Author: Hopkins, Leroy.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1993.

Physical Description: [20]-40 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.95, no.1

Subjects: Confederate States of America. - Army - History.; United States. - Army - History; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Lancaster (Pa.) - Race relations.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 95, number 1 (1993), p. 20-40Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.95

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Civil War genealogy

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5822

Author: Schweitzer, George Keene,

Date of Publication: c1984

Call Number: 929.1 S413c

Responsibility: by George K. Schweitzer.

ISBN: 0913857009 (pbk.) :

Author: Schweitzer, George Keene,

Place of Publication: Knoxville, TN

Publisher: G.K. Schweitzer,

Date of Publication: c1984

Physical Description: 76 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subjects: United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers - Bibliography.; United States - Genealogy - Bibliography.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Bibliography.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Archival resources.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Library resources.; United States - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.1 S413c

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/66a494be-0124-4ba5-acb2-180580781700

Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Civil War Collection

Object ID: MG0018

Date Range: 1859-1990

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Civil War Collection

Description: The Civil War Collection consists of material acquired over many years from different sources. Coverage is of Lancaster County soldiers and of daily life in the county during the Civil War. The collection contains records of various military units, family correspondence, "Home Front" papers, Civil War era diaries, the Captain John R. Bricker/Dept. of Commissary papers, celebration and reunion materials, images, newspaper clippings, and general orders.

System of Arrangement: The collection is organized by category into ten series.; The oversized documents of Series A, C, F, and H are oversized and filed flat in Box 4.; Series A Military Units: Series A contains documents of military units, including muster rolls, enlistment papers, discharge certificates, assignment and promotion records, and papers of individual soldiers and officers.; Pennsylvania Volunteers; Pennsylvania Militia; Certificate of State Regiments; U.S. Regiments; Series B Civil War Families; Benjamin Reed Family; Soldier's Letters; Series C The Lancaster Home Front; The Bounty Funds; Pension Claims; Articles; Letters; Series D Lancaster Notables; Series E Civil War Era Diaries; Series F The Captain John R. Bricker/Dept. of PA Commissary Papers; Series G Celebrations & Reunions; Series H Appendix; Articles, Photographic Prints, Blank Forms; Series I Printed General Orders; Series J Books

Date Range: 1859-1990

Year Range From: 1859

Year Range To: 1990

Date of Accumulation: 1859-1990

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Clark, James; Fass, John; Flick, Henry; Harris, Samuel; Hess, Martin D., Mrs.; Watson, George W.

Subjects: Letters; Soldiers; Soldiers, Black; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.

Search Terms: Autobiographies; Civil War; Discharge papers; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Memoirs; Muster rolls; Persons of color; Soldiers; Soldiers, Black; United States Army

Extent: 15 boxes, 212 folders, 11 books, 9 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0018

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Abraham H. Good Family Papers (MG0542); Henry Seiger's Civil War Letters (MG0570); Lewis Jones Family Papers (MG0541); Robert Clark Morrison Family Papers (MG0543); Springer Family Letters (MG0540); William M. McClure Family Papers (MG0544); William McCaskey Civil War Letters (MG0355)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Civil War Collection (MG0018), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-18

Classification: MG0018

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Much of the collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 March 2022.

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Don't forget it the Civil War military correspondence of Private John W. Bookman, 45th regiment, Pennsylvania volunteer infantry

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo316

Date of Publication: 1997

Call Number: 973.781 B724

Publisher: Typescript

Date of Publication: 1997

Physical Description: 7, unp. 28 cm.

Subjects: Personal narratives; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; Diaries

Additional Author: Lenox, Ronald S.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.781 B724

Emancipating slaves, enslaving free men : a history of the American Civil War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18456

Author: Hummel, Jeffrey Rogers.

Date of Publication: c1996.

Call Number: 973.7 H925

Responsibility: Jeffrey Rogers Hummel.

ISBN: 0812693116 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780812693119 (cloth : alk. paper); 0812693124 (paper : alk. paper); 9780812693126 (paper : alk. paper)

Author: Hummel, Jeffrey Rogers.

Place of Publication: Chicago

Publisher: Open Court,

Date of Publication: c1996.

Physical Description: xiii, 421 p. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Prologue: America's Crisis -- 1. Slavery and States' Rights in the Early Republic -- 2. The Political Economy of Slavery and Secession -- 3. The Slave Power Seeks Foreign Conquest -- 4. Emergence of the Republican Party -- 5. The Confederate States of America -- 6. Mobilizing for Conflict -- 7. The Military Struggle -- 8. The War to Abolish Slavery? -- 9. Republican Neo-Mercantilism Versus Confederate War Socialism -- 10. Dissent and Disaffection - North and South -- 11. The Ravages of Total War -- 12. The Politics of Reconstruction -- 13. American Society Transformed -- Epilogue: America's Turning Point.

Summary: This book combines a sweeping narrative history of the Civil War with a bold new look at the war's significance for American society. Professor Hummel sees the Civil War as America's turning point: simultaneously the culmination and repudiation of the American revolution. A unique feature of the book is the bibliographical essays which follow every chapter. Here the author surveys the literature and points out where his own interpretation fits into the continuing clash of viewpoints which informs historical debate on the Civil War.