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Civil War genealogy

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Author
Schweitzer, George Keene,
Date of Publication
c1984
Call Number
929.1 S413c
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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
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Advance the colors! : Pennsylvania Civil War battle flags

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Author
Sauers, Richard Allen.
Date of Publication
c1987-c1991.
Call Number
974.8033 S259
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Richard A. Sauers.
ISBN
0818200901 (v. 1) :
081820155X
Author
Sauers, Richard Allen.
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg]
Publisher
Capitol Preservation Committee,
Date of Publication
c1987-c1991.
Physical Description
2 v. (xvi, 611 p.) : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographies.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Flags.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Flags.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Capitol Preservation Committee.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8033 S259
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A battlefield atlas of the Civil War

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Author
Symonds, Craig L.
Date of Publication
c1983.
Call Number
973.7 S988
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by Craig L. Symonds ; cartography by William J. Clipson.
ISBN
0933852401 :
Author
Symonds, Craig L.
Place of Publication
Annapolis, Md
Publisher
Nautical & Aviation Pub. Co. of America,
Date of Publication
c1983.
Physical Description
1 atlas (xv, 106 p.) : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 105-106.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Battlefields - Maps.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Battlefields - Guidebooks.
Additional Author
Clipson, William J.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7 S988
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A soldier's report : the battle on Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain

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Author
Bradley, Kersey.
Date of Publication
1989
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by Kersey Bradley, 79th Regiment, P.V.I. annotated by Martin H. Bradley.
Author
Bradley, Kersey.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1989
Physical Description
[15]-17 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.92, no.1
Subjects
United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 79th (1861-1865)
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 92, number 1 (1989), p. 15-17Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.92
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Archive

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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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The GAR : its organization and the men of Post #37

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Author
Patton, Alfreda,
Date of Publication
c1989.
Call Number
369.15 P322
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by Alfreda Patton.
Author
Patton, Alfreda,
Place of Publication
York, PA (P.O. Box 1824, York 17405)
Publisher
South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society,
Date of Publication
c1989.
Physical Description
i, 95 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Series
Special publications / South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society ; no. 39 (Jan./Apr. 1989)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Grand Army of the Republic. - General John Sedgwick Post No. 37 (York, Pa.) - Registers.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Veterans - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.
Additional Corporate Author
South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
369.15 P322
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Days of darkness : the Gettysburg civilians

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Author
Williams, William G.
Date of Publication
1986.
Call Number
973.7349 H633
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by William G. Williams.
ISBN
0932751059 :
Author
Williams, William G.
Place of Publication
Shippensburg, Pa
Publisher
Beidel Print. House,
Date of Publication
1986.
Physical Description
xiii, 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
LCHS copy inscribed by author.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 251-252.
Contents
Chapters : First Light --- All Talk --- They're Here --- They're Gone --- Storm Clouds --- The First Day --- The Second Day --- The Third Day --- The Fourth of July --- Sunday "Sabbath of Suffering " --- Monday " Up From The Ashes " --- Tuesday " Food Bandages and Prayer " --- Wednesday "More Surprises " --- Thursday " On The Move" --- Friday "A week of Peace " --- July 11 - 12 " The Living and The Dying " --- July 13 - 19 " Some Go Home " --- July 20 - 31 " An End To Nursing " --- August and September " Lingering Effects " --- November 19 " Four Score and Seven " --- Epilogue --- List of Hospital Sites
Summary
"Many books have documented the military repercussions of the Battle of Gettysburg - but never before has an author delved so deeply into what has been a nearly untapped historical resource: the accounts of the town's 2,400 civilians, who became combatants and casualties, spies and stretcher-bearers - eyewitnesses all to this momentous event." [from GoodReads]
Subjects
Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle of, 1863
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Fiction.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Fiction.
Historical fiction.
War stories.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7349 H633
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The diaries of Willam T. Clark of Chestnut Level, Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : Dating from his enlistment in Co. B 79th Penna. Vet. Vols. September 12, 1861 to November 30, 1865

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Author
Clark, William T.,
Date of Publication
1988.
Call Number
973.781 C596
, they lost 216 men killed, wounded and missing. It is one ofthe higher loss percentages of all the units in the Civil War. Their service there was part of a fine stand by their brigade, led by Col. John C. Starkweather, ofWisconsin. While recovering from that battle, the brigade was assigned to guard
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Responsibility
Transcribed by William G. Davis and Janet B. Davis.
Author
Clark, William T.,
Place of Publication
Computer printout
Date of Publication
1988.
Physical Description
10 vols. ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Transcribed from six volumes of daily entries while in the field with the U. S. Army of the West during the CIvil War, and three volumes of miscellaneous entries."
Library has v. 1-7; copy 2 (v.1-6 )has information about William Clark and the 79th Pennsylvania and computer disc inserted.
Contents
vol 1. 9/12/61 - 5/21/62 Enlistment; Departure; Louisville, Ky.; Tennessee; Raid into Alabama -- v. 2. 5/22/62 - 2/9/63 Tennessee; Kentucky; Battle of Chaplin Hills (Perryville, Ky.; Kentucky hospitals; Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro), Tenn. -- v. 3. 2/10/63 - 10/4/63 Tennessee; Raid into Alabama; Furlough home to recruit during Battle of Gettysburg; Battle of Chickamauga, Tenn. -- v. 4. 10/5/63-6/10/64 Georgia; Tennessee; Battles of Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Ringgold, Tunnel Hill; Regimental furlough home; Battles of Resaca, Buzzard's Roost, Etoway, Georgia -- v. 5. 6/11/64 - 2/11/65 Battles of Kennesaw Mountain, Allatoona, Marietta; The campaign for Altanta; Sherman's March to the Sea;The campaign for Savannah -- v. 6. 2/12/65 - 11/30/65 North through the Carolinas; The capture of Columbia; Battle of Bentonsville, N. C.; Surrender of Gen. Johnston; March to Washinton via Richmond;Victory parade; Return to Chestnut Level -- v. 7. Company B muster list; Original roll of Company B; Reenlistment as Veteran Volunteers (2/8/64); Miscellaneous expenses from January 1864 -- v. 8. Lists of rations issued as Regimental Commissary Sergeant, 1865 -- v. 9. Addenda and maps; Brief histories of W. T. Clark, 79th Regt. P.V.V.; The Clark family; Information on a few persons of note mentioned in the diaries -- v. 10. Rewrite of volume one.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Infantry. - 87th Regiment, 1861-1864.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania Infantry - 79th.
Diaries.
Additional Author
Davis, William G.
Davis, Janet B.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.781 C596
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A house divided : sectionalism and Civil War, 1848-1865

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Author
Sewell, Richard H.
Date of Publication
c1988.
Call Number
973.7 S512
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Richard H. Sewell.
ISBN
0801835313 (alk. paper)
9780801835315 (alk. paper)
0801835321 (pbk.)
9780801835322 (pbk.)
Author
Sewell, Richard H.
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press,
Date of Publication
c1988.
Physical Description
xii, 223 p. ; 24 cm.
Series
The American moment
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-214) and index.
Contents
The American people at mid-century -- The legacy of the Mexican War -- A hell of a storm -- And the war came -- Call to arms -- The war at home -- The blue and the gray -- The destruction of slavery -- Looking ahead : wartime reconstruction -- Bibliographical essay.
Summary
What caused the Civil War? A House Divided presents a fresh and balanced interpretation that challenges the view of slavery as a largely artificial or symbolic issue in the conflict between two incompatible societies. This book traces the growth of bitter sectional discord in the years after 1848, when the acquisition of new American territories rekindled old controversies over the expansion of slavery. A series of compromises forestalled the crisis of secession but increasingly divided the country along slavery's lines. - Publisher.
Subjects
Sectionalism (U.S.)
United States - History - 1849-1877.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
American Civil War
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7 S512
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The chronicles of Middletown, containing a compilation of facts, biographical sketches, reminiscences, anecdotes, &c., connected with the history of one of the oldest towns in Pennsylvania

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Author
Hutchinson, C. H.
Date of Publication
1989.
Call Number
974.818 H975
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by C. H. Hutchinson.
Author
Hutchinson, C. H.
Place of Publication
[Middletown, Pa.]
Publisher
Middletown Area Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1989.
Physical Description
vii, 266 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Notes
Chapters 45-54 give war records of Middletown volunteers, 1861-1865. Chapters 55-56 give rolls of militia companies in 1862-1863.
Reprint of the 1906 ed. published by Hutchinson.
Includes index.
Subjects
Burd family.
Cameron famiy.
Smith family.
Fisher family.
Frey family.
Kendig famiy.
Landis family.
McClure family.
Snyder family.
Middletown (Pa.) - History.
Middletown (Pa.) - Biography.
Dauphin County (Pa.) - History.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.
Additional Corporate Author
Middletown Area Historical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.818 H975
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