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Advance the colors! : Pennsylvania Civil War battle flags

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4372
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
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An introduction to Civil War civilians

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14017
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
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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.
Documents
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Collection
Marriott Brosius Papers
Title
Marriott Brosius Papers
Object ID
MG0952
Date Range
1837-2000s
Collection
Marriott Brosius Papers
Title
Marriott Brosius Papers
Description
Marriott Brosius Papers:
Letter to Deborah T. Simmons Coates from [a sibling], 1837
Letter to Elizabeth Coates from Alice, 1862 (Elizabeth Jackson Coates, future wife of Marriott Brosius)
Civil War diary of Marriott Brosius, 1863-1865, with damage from bullet that shattered his arm (original, digital copy of images of each page and transcription)
Note from Gertrude (donor's g-g-grandmother) to her daughters Gertrude and Helen regarding the diary
Framed certificate: Commission to 2nd Lt., 97th Infantry
Pass for leave, Marriott Brosius, 1863
Digital and hardcopy of "Marriott Brosius story"
Digital and hardcopy of "Marriott Brosius military regiment history"
Date Range
1837-2000s
Date of Accumulation
1837-2000s
Creator
Reinhardsen, Jeffrey L.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Wall
Side 12
People
Brosius, Marriott Henry
Coates, Deborah T. Simmons
Brosius, Elizabeth Jackson Coates
Coho, Gertrude Coates Brosius
Reinhardsen, Gertrude Brosius Coho
Vestey, Helen Elizabeth Coho
Subjects
Biographies
Diaries
Letters
Military promotions
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States. Army
United States. Army--Officers
Search Terms
Biographies
Civil War
Correspondence
Diaries
Finding aids
Letters
Manuscript groups
Military promotions
United States Army
Extent
7 items
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0952
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Access Conditions / Restrictions
This collection has not been cataloged, but may be used by appointment. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2022.013
Other Numbers
MG-952
Classification
MG0952
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 19 August 2022.
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The boys' war : Confederate and Union soldiers talk about the Civil War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14305
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
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Catherine Mary White Foster's Eyewitness Account of the Battle of Gettysburg, with Background on the Foster Family Union Soldiers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21105
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
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The Civil War battlefield guide

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1656
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.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Battlefields - Guidebooks.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns.
Additional Author
Kennedy, Frances H.
Additional Corporate Author
Conservation Fund (Arlington, Va.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.73 C582
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The Civil War : unstilled voices : a three-dimensional interactive book

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13376
Author
Lawliss, Chuck.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
c1999.
Call Number
973.71 L418
  3 websites  
Responsibility
Chuck Lawliss.
ISBN
0609602551
Author
Lawliss, Chuck.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Crown Publishers,
Date of Publication
c1999.
Physical Description
33 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 x 27 cm.
Notes
Some fold-out pages; some pages include moveable parts.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Miscellanea.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Biography.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Sources.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.71 L418
Websites
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Daily life in Civil War America

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6035
Author
Volo, Dorothy Denneen,
Date of Publication
1998.
Call Number
973.71 V929
Responsibility
Dorothy Denneen Volo and James M. Volo.
ISBN
0313305161 (alk. paper)
Author
Volo, Dorothy Denneen,
Place of Publication
Westport, Conn
Publisher
Greenwood Press,
Date of Publication
1998.
Physical Description
xviii, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
The Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series,
Notes
Click on Table of Contents for more information.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-307) and index.
Contents
Politics -- Religion -- Slavery -- Abolition -- Conscription -- Railroads -- Roads -- Women at war -- Interior decoration -- Leisure time -- Newspapers -- Women writers -- Photography -- Food and cooking -- Fashion and women's clothing -- Men's, children's and slaves' clothing.
History, politics, and slavery -- Soldiers' lives -- Civilians' lives.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.
United States - Social life and customs - 1783-1865.
Additional Author
Volo, James M.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.71 V929
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Diary of J. H. Druckemiller 79th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment October 6,1861 to December 31, 1862

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2908
Author
Druckemiller, J H.
Date of Publication
1993.
Call Number
973.781 D794
Responsibility
transcribed by William G. Davis and Janet B. Davis.
Author
Druckemiller, J H.
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
1993.
Physical Description
65 leaves ; 28 cm.
Summary
Mr Druckemiller was a Captain in Company B of the 79th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The diary details his military duties and movements. His references to the weather and daily activities remind the reader of the hardships endured by armies at that time. His writing is clear and succinct.
Subjects
Druckemiller, J. H. - Diaries.
Pennsylvania Infantry. - 79th Regiment, 1861-1862.
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 D794
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