Civil War collection, 1804 – 1865

Call Number: 1977.200

Extent: 0.63 Linear feet, in one and a half manuscript boxes.

The Civil War collection measures 0.63 linear feet and dates from 1804 to 1865. The collection contains a variety of materials from New York and the Eastern United States, ranging from Confederate military records to ephemeral printed material. Document types in the collection include hospital records, roll books and registers, muster rolls, military orders, scrapbooks, broadsides, and ephemera.

Names:

  • Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 36th
  • Andersonville Prison. Hospital
  • Andersonville Prison
  • Confederate States of America. Army
  • National Freedman’s Relief Association
  • New York (State). National Guard. Regiment, 13th
  • Suffolk County Sabbath School Association
  • War Fund Committee (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
  • Hopkins, E. P.
  • Howell, George Rogers, 1833-1899

Places:

  • Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Kings County (N.Y.)
  • Kings County (N.Y.) — Newspapers
  • New York (N.Y.)
  • Queens (New York, N.Y.)
  • Suffolk County (N.Y.)
  • United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865

Subjects:

  • Brooklyn daily union
  • Brooklyn evening star
  • Hospital records
  • Military hospitals
  • Presidents — United States — Election — 1864
  • Secession — Southern States
  • Social movements — New York (State) — Kings County
  • Social movements — New York (State) — Long Island
  • Social movements — New York (State) — New York

Types of material:

  • Broadsides (notices)
  • Military records
  • Muster rolls
  • Orders (military records)
  • Political cartoons
  • Printed ephemera
  • Registers (lists)
  • Reports
  • Scrapbooks

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