United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:
Account of a flag made by Phebe Lewis Judson at the outbreak of the Civil War, by Mary Judson Hitchcock, undated
Amherst College War Materials Collection
An artificial collection consisting mainly of publications, ephemera and correspondence related to Amherst College's involvement in various United States wars, including the Civil War, Mexican War, Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, Korean War and the Vietnam War.
Barnard, Daniel Emerson (AC 1846) - letter, 1869 October 2
Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.
Bierce, Ambrose Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War: Bits of Autobiography Little Blue Book No. 1100.
Bowles-Hoar Family Papers
The Bowles-Hoar Family Papers document the personal and professional lives of multiple members of the Bowles and Hoar families circa 1779-1960. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, documents, miscellaneous materials, and publications, all of which provide a detailed portrait of the two families before and after their histories joined with the marriage of Samuel Bowles IV to Elizabeth Hoar in 1884.
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, "Mouth of Antietam," Md., to George Brinton McClellan, 1862 September 25
Transcription of a recommendation for promotion of William Smith Clark in the 21st Regiment.
1. U.S. Civil War - 21st Regiment, Mass. Volunteers
Calvin G. Plimpton (1816-1864) - typed copy of letter from Henry Richards, 1861
"Civil War Memories of an Officer"
Carbon typescript by unidentified author. Location of original unknown.
Civil War photographs in connection with the work of E. Porter Dyer Jr. (Dyer's father) at Beaufort. Scenes of South Carolina and Georgia, some photographed by H.P. Moore, Concord, NH. Also two poems by E. P. Dyer written for his children, circa 1861-1865
Clark, William Smith (AC 1848) - Annapolis, Md., to [Newton Spaulding] Manross, 1861 September 10
Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.
Clark, William Smith (AC 1848) - "Army of Potomac," Va., to [William Seymour Tyler], 1863 January 16
Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.
Clark, William Smith (AC 1848), Camp Andrew, Newbern, N.C., to [Newton Spaulding] Manross, Amherst, Mass., 1862 March 30
Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.
Clark, William Smith (AC 1848) - Camp Lincoln, Worcester, Mass., to [Newton Spaulding] Manross, 1861 August 22
Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.
Class of 1863 - Frazar Augustus Stearns - clippings on military career, 1862-1864
Series 1: Personal Scrapbooks - consists of scrapbooks created by individual Amherst College students and alumni. The majority of the scrapbooks in this series were created during the compiler's time as a student at Amherst. A small number of scrapbooks in this series have an Amherst student or alumnus as their subject and were created by an unknown compiler. Scrapbooks are arranged chronologically by class year.
Daniel and Tammy Dickinson Family Papers
Fisher, Milton Metcalf (Non-grad AC 1836) - letter: Medway, to Ephraim Lincoln Wood, Amherst, Mass., 1900 December 28
Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.
Fiske, Samuel (AC 1848) - letter: "Camp near Falmouth," Va., to Elizabeth L. Fiske, 1863 April 27
Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.
Fletcher, Samuel Mark (AC 1846) - letter: Chicago, Ill., to unknown, 1869 September 24
Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.
Green, James (AC 1837) - letter: Indianapolis, Ind., to Lewis Franklin Clark, 1863 January 22
Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.
Griffis, Stanton - recollections of CEM, including notes about Merrill involvement in Civil War, 1953
Correspondence (sub-series C) primarily consists of letters and notes written by Charles E. Merrill, Jr. to family members. Some correspondence includes photographs from his World War II service and a letter to Eliza Church Merrill contains Merrill's essay "Time and the Teacher." Also included is a letter to Stanton Griffis containing Charles E. Merrill, Jr.'s reflections on Charles E. Merrill Sr.
Henry P. Moore, 21 mounted photographic prints of Civil War scenes. , 1862-1863
Hitchcock, Robert Stevens (AC 1837) - Lexington, Ky., to Edward P. Crowell, Amherst, Mass., 1871 May 10
Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.
Letter to Eliza Kendall from son-in-law John Richards, 1863
Long, Walter P., 1864 November 25, 1864 December 4, 1870 June 7, 1870 July 18, 1903 March 9, 1907 May 16
Regarding the Petersburg Campaign.
Luther Clark Howell (AC 1864) Papers
Chiefly correspondence and photographs, 1855-1869 documenting Howell's early life, student days at Amherst College, and military service in 31st Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers during the Civil War. Correspondence includes letters to and from Luther Clark Howell, his family members and friends. Civil War letters describe battles, forts, and travel during the Civil War. Photographs include portraits of Civil War officers and Amherst College classmates.
[Manross, Newton Spaulding], Amherst, Mass., to William [Smith Clark] (AC 1848), 1862 April 20
Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.
Mark Hopkins Ward (AC 1906) Family Papers
The Mark Hopkins Ward (AC 1906) Family Papers contain the personal and professional papers of Mark Ward, as well as personal papers of members of his Ward and Bliss family relatives, including items from earlier generations of related Porter and Clapp family members. There is also material related to missionaries associated with the Ward and Bliss families in Turkey.
Maynard, Horace (AC 1838) - Washington, D.C., to Edward P. Crowell, Amherst, Mass., 1869 December 6
Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.
"Personal Experiences in the Civil War" by Col. A.A. Pope, 1902 May 2
Series 2, Lecture Posters, includes posters advertising public lectures given by visiting lecturers, also included are some visiting musical groups.
Petition to Congress for peaceful settlement to the Civil War, [1861?]
Contains biographical materials relating to Emma Hart Willard's life, marriages, education, writing and career as an educator and author. The series includes legal and financial documents and documentation of the Waterford Female Academy. Of particular biographical interest is the 1843 bill of divorce passed by the Connecticut Legislature ending her brief and disastrous second marriage to Dr. Christopher C. Yates.