topic:"Civil War" found 55 records - Research Collections

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

Responsibility: 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

An introduction to Civil War civilians

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Author: Leisch, Juanita.

Date of Publication: c1994.

Call Number: 973.71 L532

Alternate Title: Civil War civilians

Responsibility: Juanita Leisch.

ISBN: 0939631709

Author: Leisch, Juanita.

Place of Publication: Gettysburg, Pa

Publisher: Thomas Publications,

Date of Publication: c1994.

Physical Description: vi, 86 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-86).

Contents: Chapters- MID 19TH CENTURY AMERICA --- EVERYDAY LIFE IN AMERICA -- CIVILIAN INFLUENCES ON THE MILITARY -- CIVILIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE WAR --- THE EFFECT OF WAR ON CIVILIAN LIFE --- THE END.

Summary: Provides basic information on individuals, their families and the society and communities in which Americans lived -North and South- at the time of the Civil War.

Subjects: United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.71 L532

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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Badge, Membership

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Collection: Military Collection: Groups & Organizations, The Sons of Union Veterans

Object ID: 1994.001

Date Range: August 11-15, 1991

Collection: Military Collection: Groups & Organizations, The Sons of Union Veterans

Description: Badge with attached yellow ribbon worn by George W. Long, Commander-in-Chief at the 110th Annual National Encampment of The Sons of Union Veterans, Indianapolis, IN, Aug. 11-15, 1991.

Date Range: August 11-15, 1991

Year Range From: 1991

Year Range To: 1991

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: South Wall

Storage Cabinet: Cabinet 2

Storage Shelf: Shelf 2

Storage Container: Box 0527

People: Long, George W.

Subcategory: Personal Symbol

Search Terms: Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War; Badges; Ribbons

Object Name: Badge, Membership

Condition: Excellent

Object ID: 1994.001

Notes: Related materials found in archives, Grand Army of the Republic Collection (MG0017); Registered in 2001 by Jill Haley.

Usage: Long, George W.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1994.001

The boys' war : Confederate and Union soldiers talk about the Civil War

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Author: Murphy, Jim,

Date of Publication: 1991.

Call Number: 973.715 M978

Alternate Title: Confederate and Union soldiers talk about the Civil War

Responsibility: by Jim Murphy.

ISBN: 0590456040 (pbk.)

Author: Murphy, Jim,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Scholastic,

Date of Publication: 1991.

Physical Description: 110 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm.

Notes: Reprint. Published by arrangement with Houghton Mifflin.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-106) and index.

Summary: Includes diary entries, personal letters, and archival photographs to describe the experiences of boys, sixteen years old or younger, who fought in the Civil War.

Subjects: United States. - Army - Recruiting, enlistment, etc. - Juvenile literature.; Confederate States of America. - Army - Recruiting, enlistment, etc. - Juvenile literature.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives - Juvenile literature.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Children - Juvenile literature.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.715 M978

Catherine Mary White Foster's Eyewitness Account of the Battle of Gettysburg, with Background on the Foster Family Union Soldiers

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Author: Murdoch, David A.

Date of Publication: 1995

Call Number: 974.842 A211p v. 1 p. 45

Responsibility: edited by David A. Murdoch.

Author: Murdoch, David A.

Place of Publication: Gettysburg, Pa

Publisher: Adams County Historical Society

Date of Publication: 1995

Physical Description: 45-67 p. ill. 23 cm.

Notes: In: Adams County, History, v. 1, p. 45

Subjects: Foster family.; Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 974.842 A211p v. 1 p. 45

Copy Info: 1995

The Civil War battlefield guide

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Date of Publication: 1990.

Call Number: 973.73 C582

Responsibility: edited by Frances H. Kennedy.

ISBN: 039552282X

Place of Publication: Boston

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin,

Date of Publication: 1990.

Physical Description: xv, 317 p., [2] p. of plates : ill., maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Notes: "The Conservation Fund."

Summary: Sixty battles and campaigns are described in vivid detail in essays by distinguished historians such as James M. McPherson, Stephen W. Sears, Edwin C. Bearss, and Gary W. Gallagher.