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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:

E. B. Perkins Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War calling card

00-1960-19-1

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1960-19-1
Scope and Contents

Presumed to be the calling card of Edwin B. Perkins, whose father, Edwin F. Perkins, died in 1864 while serving in the 2nd Conn. Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Co. A, during the Civil War.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: undated; Other: Date acquired: 01/09/1960
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Guild and Stevens families papers

00-1971-46-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1971-46-0
Scope and Contents

Photographs, correspondence, and other items related to the Guild family of Milton, Litchfield, Conn., and the Stevens family of Bethlehem, Conn. Some papers also relate to the Lindley family of Ansonia, Conn. Primary correspondents include Penfield Guild (1832-1901), his sister Mary Guild Stevens (1816- ), and her husband James Stevens (1812- ).

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1834-1860; Other: Date acquired: 07/10/1971
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Hall family collection

1961-38-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1961-38-0
Scope and Contents

The papers of Norman Hall (1805-1852) a son William J. Hall (1839-1912) and a granddaughter Florence Hall Perkins and her husband Willis O. Perkins, residents of Milton, a part of Litchfield, consisting of deeds and an estate inventory. The papers of William also contain a certificate of exemption from service during the Civil War and related documents. To see a partial inventory of the papers, click "Show Digital Content Links" at left and then "Hall Family Collection inventory."

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1836-1909; Other: Date acquired: 07/07/1963
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Hall Family Collection inventory

Digital Object ID ##6bpq5c

 Digital Record
Identifier: Digital Object ID ##6bpq5c
Dates: Digitized: Feb 9, 2010
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Johnston's Brigade battle reports

00-2010-282-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-282-0
Scope and Contents

Reports of ammunition expended and casualties in Johnston's Brigade, Early's Division, 2nd Corps (Confederate States of America army) in engagements occurring in July through September 1864. Also includes battle reports of the 12th and 23rd North Carolina Troops.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1864 Jul-Sep; Other: Date acquired: 11/09/2011
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Dwight C. Kilbourn collection

1929-18-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1929-18-0
Scope and Contents The Dwight C. Kilbourn collection (1929-18-0, .83 linear feet) consists of a wide range of Litchfield, Conn., historical materials collected by Kilbourn, some of which relate to him and other Kilbourns, particularly his distant cousin Eliada Kilbourn (1809-1883) and Eliada’s family, and many that do not. Of particular interest are research files Dwight Kilbourn assembled regarding the involvement of Litchfield men in the American Revolutionary War and the American Civil War. The collection...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1801-1920; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1929
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Myron E. Kilbourn letter

00-2010-288-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-288-0
Scope and Contents

Kilbourn writes to the friends of the Library Association from Alexandria, Va., during the Civil War about heading for the front soon, being a soldier, health, and weather. Photocopy.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1862 Dec 28; Other: Date acquired: 12/09/2011
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Ladies Benevolent Society of Northfield secretary's books and Soldier's Aid Association minutes

00-1920-28-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1920-28-0
Scope and Contents One book labeled "Ladies' Benevolent Society Secretary's Book, Vol. I, 1842-1865" and "Soldiers' Aid Association 1861-1865"; one book labeled "Ladies' Benevolent Society Secretary's Book, Vol. II, 1865-1886"; transcript of the two books. The first book includes records of the Ladies’ Benevolent Society from 1842-1859. The women who were the officers of the LBS were also the founding officers of the Soldier’s Aid Association when it began in 1861, and they continued using the same notebook...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1842-1886; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1920
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Legal notations and newspaper clippings scrapbook

00-2010-283-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-283-0
Scope and Contents

Contains notes and news clippings relating to case law, speeches, and events regarding slavery and the Civil War.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1863; Other: Date acquired: 11/09/2011
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Abraham Lincoln note

00-1912-29-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1912-29-0
Abstract

A small note from A. Lincoln to L. Wessells, pro marshal 4th Dist Conn. for the release of John H. Bostwick of Salisbury, a deserter from the draft.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1865 Feb 13; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1912
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

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