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John W. Ainsworth, Military Discharge, June 30, 1865. Ainsworth was a member of Company A, 5th Pennsylvania Volunteer Heavy Artillery, 204th Regiment of the Line. Vert. File-MSS-90.4
Joseph Albree, Papers, 1842-1898. The file includes correspondence and other papers detailing life in Pittsburgh during the Civil War and various philanthropic activities associated with the war effort. Albree owned a shoe store and ornamental iron works and was active in civic organizations supportint the Union cause. MSS-47
Allegheny Arsenal, Richard Linder Collection, 1814-1982. The file includes various papers relating to the Arsenal and its Pittsburgh Neighborhood. MSS-2
Allegheny (Pa.) Select and Common Council, Minutes, 1840-1907. The minutes include discussions of municipal war work during the Civil War. MSS-205
Allegheny County. The file includes an Official Price List of Clothing, a Quarterly Return of Ordinance and Ordinance Stores, a Muster Roll of Capt. Andrew Larges' Company and a Notice-Application for Pension for Soldiers. Access. # 91.65
Hugh Alfred Ayres, Papers, 1861-1896. The file includes papers relating to Ayres' service with the 13th and 78th Regiments, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. MFF-67
Robert Arthurs, Letter, August 28, 1886. The letter, to Robert Lomas, describes how Arthurs masqueraded as a surgeon during the Civil War. Vert File-MSS-90.10
William J. Barley, Letter, September 26, 1864. The letter, written from camp near Harrisonburg, Virginia, to Bartley's brother and sister, chiefly describes a battle fought at Winchester, Virginia. Vert. File-MSS-90.19
Beale Family, Papers, 1861-1962 (Bulk, 1861-1865). The file includes correspondence to Anna Martha Beale, a resident of Burrell Township, Westmoreland County, from friends and relatives serving with the Union Army during the Civil War. The letters deal with various aspects of the War, including the Battle of Ball's Bluff (1861) and the Peninsular Campaign (1862). MFF-4
John Boreman, Records, 1785-1877. The records relate to the early history of Greene County, including the Civil War, the Pennsylvania militia and the 122nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. MSS-97
Mathew H. Borland, Papers, 1862-1863. The file includes a diary and other papers cocerning Borland's service in Company G, 123rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, from August 1862 to May 1863. MFF-30
Martin S. Bortz, Papers, 1864-1870. The file includes various documents relating to Capt. Bortz's command of Company F, 138th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. MFF-13
Bracken Family, Papers, 1846-1902. The file includes correspondence relating to the Civil War. MFF-55
Brunot Family, Papers, 1834-1968. The file includes materials relating to the Civil War and Felix Brunot's involvement in philanthropic and civilian relief work in support of the Union. MSS-6
Joseph Russell Caldwell, Papers, 1857-1901. The file includes materials relating to Caldwell's service in Company G, 10th Pennsylvania Reserves, during the Civil War. Vert. File-MSS-90.36
Callen Family, Papers, 1862-1887. The file includes correspondence to James Callen from his brother, David Callen, and other members of the 4th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry. MFF-5
Confederate States of America. Medical Director's Office, Records, 1861-5. Included in the file is correspondence and other materials relating to the management of Confederate health services and transfer of Union and Convederate patients. The letters are from Medical Director, William A. Carrington, and CSA Surgeon, General Samuel P. Moore. MFF-7
John Covode, Papers, 1838-1892. The file includes papers relating to Covode's career as a Westmoreland County businessman and in the U. S. House of Representatives during the Civil War, when he was a member of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, as well as correspondence from his son George, a colonel in the Pennsylvania cavalry. MSS-18
Dawson-Montgomery Families, Diary and Papers. The diary was kept by Alex Montgomery, who served for nine months (1862-1863) in Company F, 136th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. It documents his daily life and operations in which he participated, especially the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862, in which he was wounded. The August 1863 entry honors others in the regiment who died in battle. MSS-101
James Dickson, Papers, 1858-1894. Dickson was an accountant and partner in the dry-goods store of McElroy and Dickson at Fourth and Wood Streets, Pittsburgh. The papers consist primarily of financial ledgers and materials but include some Civil War materials. MSS-27
14th Pennsylvania Cavalry Association, Papers, 1888-1891. The file includes a letter of invitation and a brochure for the ninth reunion of the Association in 1891. Vert. File-MSS-89.139
James A. Garfield, Papers, 1856-1881. The file includes correspondence primarily relating to post-Civil War matters, but also includes a photocopy of a military commission for Garfield, a Colonel in the 42nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. MFF-17
Samuel Smith Gilson, Papers, 1840-1918. The file includes materials concerning Gilson's Civil War service in the 133rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. MFF-128
Grand Army of the Republic, Capt. Thomas Espy Post No. 153. The file includes a program from the opening ceremony of the Post at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library in Carnegie, Pa. on May 19, 1984. Vert. File-MSS-90.23
James R. Grant, Papers, 1862-1889. The file includes various documents relating primarily to Grant's service as Captain commanding Company K of the Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry. Grant, a resident of Franklin, Pa., was a prominent businessman and elected official. MSS-124
Greene County, Records, 1785-1887. The file includes miscellaneous papers relating to the 122nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. MSS-97
Harper Family, Papers, 1796-1882 (Bulk, 1855-1866). The file includes correspondence and materials documenting the school and military life of Albert Metcalf Harper. During the Civil War, Harper attained the rank of Major and Adjutant General of U. S. Volunteers. MSS-8
Clarkson Haught, Letter, July 20, 1862. The letter was written by Haught to his mother, Nancy, from a camp near Harrison's Landing, Va., and details the activities of Haught and his father, James, both serving in Company D, 7th Virginia Regiment, U. S. Volunteers. qVF-MSS-90.66
Havecotte Family, Papers, 1863-1879, 1984. The file includes letters, a biography and other materials relating to William Havecotte's service in Company E, 115th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, mostly in a clerical capacity. VS-MSS-90.46
William N. Haymaker, Papers, 1861-1886. The file includes materials relating to the service of Haymaker, a farmer from Monroeville, Pa., during the Civil War in the 63rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. MFF-74
Gilbert A. Hays, Papers, 1833-1950. Edited by John Anderson. The file includes papers relating to Hays' father, Gen. Alexander Hays, and the 12th and 63rd Regiments, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, as well as drafts of and miscellaneous material relating to Gilbert Hays' books on the life and letters of his father and the history of the 63rd Regiment. MSS-99
Hiller Family, Papers, 1861-1865, 1890-1915. The papers include correspondence, diaries, pension records and discharge papers primarily documenting members of the Hiller family and Civil War veterans John Baird and William McCloskey. MSS-249
Jefferson College, Autograph Albums, 1856-1861. The 1861 album, kept by students at the College in Canonsburg, Pa., includes references to the Civil War and one signature from a student at Camp Wilkins in Pittsburgh. MFF-36
Frederick Jenny, Letter, November 21, 1864. The letter was written by John A. Percy, Sergeant, Battery B, 2nd Artillery, Pennsylvania Volunteers, to Col. Fr. Jordan concerning the whereabouts of Frederick Jenny, also with Battery E. VF-MSS-89.16
George Levis, Letter, October 23, 1862. The letter is from George D. Kughler of West Greenville, Pa., to Levis (also spelled Levers) mentioning the Civil War draft in the area. VF-MSS.89.40
Richard Linder, Collection, 1814-1982. The collection of Linder, a retired teacher and Pittsburgh historian, includes photographs and documents relating to the Allegheny Arsenal and the Pittsburgh neighborhood. The Arsenal was a major manufacturer of cannon during the Civil War. MSS-2
Linton Family, Papers, 1838-1909. The Linton family from East Bethlehem, Pa., included several Civil War veterans. The file contains documents relating to the Civil War, the 7th Cavalry Regiment and the 140th Infantry Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. MSS-136
McBride Family, Papers, 1862-1864. The file includes correspondence from soldiers George and Samuel McBride to family members discussing troop movements, living conditions, officers and other matters. MFF-199
Ellen McKee, Papers, 1965-1975. McKee was active in preserving the history of Wilkinsburg, Pa., and vicinity. The file includes research notes on history, primarily documenting the town's contribution to the Civil War. Of note are biographical sketches of soldiers, histories of regiments and GAR Posts and the listing of soldiers buried in the Beulah and Hebron Cemeteries. MFF-15
Joseph L. McQuaide, Papers, 1853-1863. The file contains primarily correspondence from Camp Wilkins, Pittsburgh, and various camps in Virginia relating to McQuaide's service in Company C, 9th Pennsylvania Reserves, 38th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, until his death at the Second Battle of Bull Run on August 30, 1862. MFF-133
Albert Moore, Diary, 1863-1864. The diary was kept by Moore, a sergeant in Company G, 28th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Dated from March 10, 1863 to June 19, 1864, the diary includes an account of the Battle of Gettysburg. qVF-MSS-90.140
William Morrison, Papers, 1861-1865. Morrison served during the Civil War with Company F, 83rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, mustered in Meadville, Pa. Wounded three times, he was killed in action at Petersburg, Va., on June 20, 1864. The papers consist primarily of correspondence with his brother, Stephen. MFF-18
John I. Nevin, Diary and Papers, 1858-1894. The documents describe Nevin's service during the Civil War as an officer with the 93rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Nevin was captured and sent to Libby Prison in 1862. MSS-64
Lily Lee Nixon, Papers, 1845-1960. The file includes correspondence from soldiers serving with the 19th Illinois and the U. S. Signal Corps. Nixon was a Pittsburgh public school teacher and local historian. MSS-121
Pennsylvania Cavalry, 1st Regiment, Company K, 1861-1865, Muster Roll, February 28, 1863. The muster roll is for a company which was raised in Allegheny and Washington Counties and was commanded by Joseph H. Williams. FLAT-MSS-90.179
Pennsylvania Volunteers, 101st Regiment, Company K, Records, 1862. The file consists of a roll book belonging to Sgt. Thomas Bushman of Company K, listing names and casualties, a letter from David Stewart in 1875 and another list of dead. The 101st Regiment fought in the Peninsular Campaign around Williamsburg, was captured, sent to Andersonville and was exchanged in March 1865. MFF-204
Contract Between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Dr. George L. Bomberger: For services as a medical officer during the Civil War. Dated March 21, 1865. VF-MSS-89.104
Pittsburgh Gymnastic Association, Records, 1858-1863. The records include organizational and historical background papers and an admittance card for a special exhibition for the benefit of the Sanitary and Subsistance Committee on March 17, 1863. MFF-182
Reniers Family, Papers, 1900-1985. The file includes papers relating to the Grand Army of the Republic. McPherson Post No. 17. MFF-9
Edgar A. Roth, Papers, 1874-1960. Roth was a Pittsburgh artist and historian and designer of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall. He wrote extensively on Western Pennsylvania history, including various Civil War regiments. MSS-102
Scull Family, Papers, 1736-1956. The file includes papers relating to the Civil War. John Irwin Scull was a newsman from Somerset County. MSS-90
77th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Association, Records, 1862-1941. The Association was formed in 1869 for veterans of the 77th Regiment, which was in active service from 1861 to 1866. The records include correspondence, meeting minutes, roll and roster books and miscellaneous materials documenting the activities of the Association and its members after the Civil War. MSS-184
Andrew Shenacker, Papers, 1863-1990. The file includes the Civil War record of Shenacker and correspondence concerning his life. Compiled by Percival D. Park. MSS-VF-91.7
Washington Infantry, Records, 1855-1989. The unit was founded in 1792 in Pittsburgh, Pa., as the first independent militia west of the Alleghenies. The file includes correspondence and documents relating to its organization, the various wars from 1812 to World War 1 (including the Civil War) in which it participated and G. A. R. activities. MSS-68
Whitaker Family, Papers, 1840-1919. John H. Whitaker served during the Civil War with Company D, 125th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was the son of Albert P. Whitaker, editor of the Venango (Pa.) Spectator. The file includes correspondence from John in 1864 and 1865. MFF-10
Wilson Family, Papers, 1854-1990, 1962-1967. The file contains materials collected by Milburn Wilson in documenting the Wilson family history, including several Civil War soldiers. MSS-105
Not Yet Catalogued
Alexander Adams, Papers. The file includes Adams' enlistment and war record in Company A, 100th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. From Penn State Library, Pennsylvania Historical Collection. MSS-GG
George Albree, Letters, 1861. The file contains two letters to George Low, Pittsburgh, October 21 and December 15, 1861. MSS-AB
Hugh A. Ayres, Record Book. Ayres was a Captain in Company H, 78th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. MSS-BA-Ms.-Div.
Aaron Eugene Bachman, My Experiences During the Civil War. No publisher, no date, mimeographed. MSS-EA
William Stuart Bell, Letters, 1863-1866. Bell was attached to Headquarters, Department of the Cumberland. The letters were written from December 12, 1863 to August 23, 1866. MSS-AB
Francis W. Bruce, Letters, 1863. The letters are addressed to John McAllister, Pittsburgh, June 16, 1863. They describe the reactions of Pittsburghers to Lee's 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania. MSS-CA
Charles H. Bryson, Military Papers, 1846-1880. Bryson was a Captain in the 61st Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. MSS-AB
L. Morris Carnegie, Letter, 1861. The letter, dated December 23, 1861, was written to M. Lyde Homer. MSS-CC
Humphrey F. Carson, Military Papers, 1861-1864, 1888-1897. Carson was a soldier during the Mexican and Civil Wars. Misc.-AB
James T. Chalfant, Letters, 1863-1864. The letters, dated July 5, 1863 and December 9, 1864, were written to Chalfant's brother, one from prison in Columbia, South Carolina MSS-AB
Civil War History Examination. No printer. November 1886. Misc.-BG
Clugston Family, Papers, 1831-1974. The file includes Civil War correspondence of Robert Clubston. MSS-AA
John Adams Dennis, Civil War Diaries, 1862-1864. The file includes handwritten excerpts from the diaries. MSS-FD
George M. Draher, Papers, 1862-1869. Draher was a private in Company B, 63rd REgiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. The file includes two diaries, written in 1862 and 1863, histories of Company B and the Battle of Gettysburg, discharge papers and other Civil War materials. MSS-AB
James W. Eberhart, Diaries of Salisbury Prison, 1864-1865. MSS-FD
Executive Committee of Bounty Fund and Gen. T. M. Howe, Letter Book. Pittsburgh, July 26, 1862-March 25, 1864. MSS-FC
David S. Farragut, Photograph of Exhibit Showing Admiral Farragut. National Civil War Wax Museum, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. July 7, 1962. Misc.PCd
James Galloway Dinwiddie Findley, Civil Was Correspondence, 1862-1864. Findley was an enlisted man and officer in Companies F and K, 91st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was a native of Butler County and a great grandson of Congressman William Findley, who represented Westmoreland District in Congress. Later, he was a United Presbyterian minister in Ohio and New York. The correspondence was written to and from family and friends. MSS-AB-136
John H. Fleming, Civil War Letters, 1862-March 6, 1865. Titled: A Palace Guard View of Lincoln. Compiled by Christian Brun. The file includes a colored photograph of Fleming, a member of Company K, 150th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. MSS-AB
Fractional Currency: Denomination 10, receivable for all U. S. stamps. By Act of March 3, 1863. Misc.-MC
Frank Leslie's Pictorial History of the War of 1861. New York, 1861. Library has No. 1, disbound in folder. Misc.-GAf-Sec. 11
Francis Gregg, Letters, 1862-1863. The letters were written to Gregg's wife and children on October 14, 1862 and April 21, May 5 and 8, June 8 and July 14, 1863. MSS-AB
Hamilton Collection of Photographs. The collection features photographs of Civil War soldiers, 1860-65. Misc.-KC
George E. Hamilton, Letter, December 17, 1863. The letter is from Hamilton, a member of the 140th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, to his sister, Lide E. Hamilton. MSS-CA
William S. Jackson, Certificate of Non-Liability for Military Duty, December 24, 1864. MSS-CB-Civ War
Jarrett Collection. The collection includes two soldiers' letters, 1861, 1862. MSS-DB-81
John G. Johnson, Commission, 1864. Johnson was commissioned a Captain in Company F, 8th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, the "Girardville Grays", 3rd Brigade. D. S. Harrisburg, April 18, 1864. MSS-CA-ff
William J. Kountz, Service Record. Kountz, a Captain, was Superintendent of River Transportation. MSS-CA-518-Flat file
Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church, Honor Roll of Men Who Served, 1861-1865. Pittsburgh, May 29, 1910. MSS-GB-fff
Gen. Robert E. Lee, Letter, 1865. Photograph of a letter from General Lee to General Grant, requesting an interview on terms of surrender. N. P. April 9, 1865. MSS-CA
Map of Civil War Battlefields and Civil War Chronological History. N. P., Historical Documents Co., 1961. Map-JD
Marchand Papers, 184(6?)-1899. The file includes the muster roll of Samuel Sackett Marchand's company in the 14th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. MSS-AB
Peter and John Marmie, Correspondence. The file includes letters to family and friends during the Civil War, 1860-1864. MSS-AB-Civ War
David S. McCollough, Army Discharge, Vienna, Virginia, June 30, 1865. MSS-CA
Henry McFarland, Account Book of Department Paymaster, 1863-1865. Misc.-FB
Military Pass, June 29, 1863. From A. Cobb to Rev. W. A. Jackson. Provost Marshall's Office pass permitting travel to Shippinsburg (?). CB-Civil War
William J. Moorhead. Lists of recruits from 17th U. S. Regiment at Pittsburgh receiving payment. July 4, 1864. MSS-CA-ff
Alexander Murdoch, A Soldier's Diary, April 18, 1861-January 7, 1863. MSS-EA
Col. William Napton, Papers, 1847, 1861, 1869. The file contains papers relating to the Mexican War and Civil War. New Jersey. MSS-AB
National Guard, Volume 2, No. 1, Camp Pennsylvania, Baltimore, Md., June 26, 1861. Misc.-GA
New York Herald, July 1, 1862. Thursday's and Friday's battlefields. 8 pages. The newspaper lists battle casualties, with a biography of Col. Samuel N. Black. Misc.-GA-ff
Old "Libby Prison" Building, Richmond, Va. Engraving from the original photograph taken August 23, 1863. Misc.-KC
Panoramic Photographs. The photographs relate to the 50th Reunion at Indianapolis, Ind. of veterans of the Gettysburg campaign. Misc.-KC
Park Rifles, Membership Agreement. The file includes a list of approximately 100 names, many of German origin, of a military company (originally to be named "Anderson Home Guards") to protect "the rights and liberties of Pittsburgh and vicinity Sť" Pittsburgh, ca. 1861. MSS-CB-Civ War
John S. Patton, Papers, 1863-1923. Included are Civil War letters, 1863, and diaries, 1865-1923. Brownsville, Pa. MSS-AA
Peace Proposals, 1863: A traitor's peace that the northern Copperheads would force upon the country. The Rebel terms of peace!! Printed for Congressional Union Committee, Washington, D. C. Misc.-GB-ff
Pennsylvania Thirteenth. Volum,e 1, Nos. 2, 4 and 5. Great Falls, Montgomery County, Md. November 16 and 30, 1861. Camp Tennally, D. C. December 7, 1861. Misc.-GA
Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Cavalry, 4th Regiment, Company D, Militia Register, c. 1866. The file includes a colored lithograph, by A. Hol[ ], Baltimore, with sentimental illustrations and lists of men and officers, engagements, etc. Misc.-GB-ff
Photograph of Painting "Birds Eye View of a Confederate Prison Pen". Salisbury, N. C., 1864. MSS-BA-HSWP
Photographic History of the Civil War, Review of Reviews. Miscellaneous scenes. Misc.-KC
Pittsburgh High School. The file includes a photograph of a bronze plaque listing pupils who served in the U. S. Army in the Civil War, 1861-1865. Pittsburgh, n.d. Misc.-KC-ff
David W. Porter, General Orders, Mississippi Squadron, October 16, 1862-June 27, 1864. The orders were bound by William Richey, who served under Porter during the War. MSS-FE
Broadside Urging Allegiance to "the defence of your mother." Addressed to the people of Northwestern Virginia. Head Quarters Virginia Forces, Philippi, Va., May 30th, 1861. By G. A. Porterfield, Colonel of Volunteers, Commanding. In John H. Niebaum Printed Miscellany. Misc.-GB
George W. Reed, Military Papers, 1861, 1863. The file includes a draft notice. New Brighton, Pa.; Washington, Pa. Misc.-AB
Return of Military Prisoners in Confinement at Penitentiary, Allegheny City, Pa. The prison was commanded by Maj. Gen. W. T. H. Brooks. Allegheny City, Pa., October 1863. MSS-CB-Civil War-f
Reverberations at Van Port, Beaver County. MSS-CA-72
Roll of Prisoners of War Transferred from Pittsburg, Pa. to Cincinnati, Ohio. Pittsburgh, September 3, 1863. MSS-CB-Civil War-f
James B. Ross, Diary, August 8, 1862-May 7, 1863. Ross, from West Manchester, joined Company G, 123rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Col. B. Clark. MSS-CB-Diaries
Edgar S. Roth, Papers, 1874-1968. The file includes military notes, pictures, photographs, maps and clippings from colonial times. Civil War, World War II and Negro military units. MSS-AA
Robert B. Roth, Drawings of Civil War Battle Scenes. Included are one drawing of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment and one of Company E, Pennsylvania. MSS-KC-ff
74th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. The file includes a photograph, speeches and memorials relating to the rededication of the Regiment's monument at Gettysburg, July 1, 1988. Vert. File-Access. #88.82
Dickson Courtney Shaw, Letters, 1862. The letters are addressed to Wilson Shaw, with explanatory family notes by Mrs. Dan E. Tatorn. n.p. May 7, 1966. U. S. Frigate Constitution, 1862. MSS-AB
Major General Philip Sheridan, Letter to E. T. Dravo, December 8, 1864. MSS-CA
Sheet Music for "How Are You Greenbacks" n.p. 186? Misc.-M
Subscription List (Greene County?). The list is for the purchase of fireworks to celebrate Lee's surrender. MSS-CA-609
The Camp Kettle. A camp newspaper. Hilton Head, S. C., December 5, 1861. Volume 1, No. 7. Misc.-GA
Joseph Bell Todd, Diary, Papers and Pictures, 1837, 1861-1865. The documents relate principally to Independent Battery F (Hampton's). MSS-AB
Charles Ulbigkait, Discharge from 5th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry. Near Jones Landing, August 8, 1864. MSS-CA
Unidentified, Diary of My Trip to Florida, February 1-25, 1861. The diary describes a fort being constructed by the Jacksonville Light Infantry. MSS-CB
James Veech, Papers, 1838-1879. The papers include correspondence relating to the defese of Uniontown in the Civil War and the Pittsburgh Sanitary Commission, 1864. MSS-AB
Daniel S. Wilkins, Papers, 1864-1876. The file includes a letter, memoirs and military commission (142nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry). Vert. File- Access. #89.18
Thomas Williams, Account Book, July 18, 1861-1864. Williams was a recruiting officer at Towanda, Pa. MSS-BB
Frazier March Winans, Papers, 1847-9, 1851, 1861. The papers relate to Winan's military service in the Mexican and Civil Wars. MSS-AB
Wolff, Collection of Civil War Broadsides, Cartoons, Envelopes, Camp Newspapers and Other Memorabilia. Misc.-fKC
Young Family. Papers of the Scott, Dawson and Montgomery Families, 1758-1951. The file includes Civil War correspondence and diary. MSS-AA
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Betty Abarnathy, Letter, June 1, 186?. The letter is from a soldier with Company K, 34d U. S. Cavalry (?), from a camp near Jacksonville, Florida, recounting recent operations against Confederate forces in the area. Access. #1996.0128
Baker Family Papers, 1861-1862. The file includes five letters from Charles J. Baker, a soldier with Company A, 45th Regiment, Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry, to his brother Hiram Baker, detailing life in various army camps and other news. Baker was mortally wounded on September 17, 1862 at Antietam. Access. #1993.0126
William Block, Sr., Papers, 1860-1904. Included in the file are three letters addressed to Gen. or Hon. J. K. Moorhead, a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Pittsburgh, one from the Acting Secretary of War concerning the graduation of Cadet Jacob H. Snyder in June 1861 from West Point, one from Samuel W. Bloch requesting the mustering order for the Bloch Regiment to be enlarged for Pittsburgh from five to six regiments and one from Brig. Gen. Jas. S. Negley concerning his qualifications for continued service in the Army. Access. #1995.0313
Drum, Military Papers, 1861-1863, 1935. The file includes the Muster Roll for Capt. Andrew Larges' Company G, 13th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, for December 31, 1861, at Camp Tennallytown, near Washington, D. C., the Quarterly Return of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, 2nd Quarter 1863, for Company C, 102nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and the Official Price List for Clothing, etc., January 1, 1863, Adjutant General's Office. Access. #1991.65
Susan Dickson, Letters, 1887-1934. Included with the letters is a Certificate dated March 16, 1908 of the U. S. Bureau of Pensions, certifying that Margaret E. Dickson, widow of Samuel J. Dickson, who was a Private in Company A, 205th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, is entitled to a pension of $8 per month during her widowhood. In Noll Moebs file. Access. #1994.0275
George M. L. Gould, Photographs. The file includes several plhotographs of George McCully Laughlin in Civil War uniform and a photograph of a "Civil War Surrender Site." Same Name. The file includes a biography of Laughlin, letters to his family and fiancee during the war and an article titled "Memories of Appomattox," written by Laughlin and edited by Charles A. McClintock, appearing in the Western Pennsylvania History Magazine, Volume 42, September 1959. Laughlin joined the 155th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, in 1862, served throughout the war and ended as a Captain and Brevet Major. Access. #1995.0164; Access. #1995.0262
Richard E. Jackson, Papers, 1864-1925. The file includes the July 28, 1925 obituary for Thomas W. Sallada, born in Clarion County, Pa. on March 28, 1843. He was a Private in Company K, 40th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (1863-1864) and Company I, 190th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (1864-1865), was wounded three times and was a prisoner in Libby Prison for 28 days. Also included are Discharge Certificates for both units. Access. #1997.0041
Linda Mockenhop, Papers, 1862-1882. Included in the file is a note from John Hartley to Mrs. Sarah Hartley dated May 8, 1864, from Lynchburg, Va., advising of his recent capture and good health. Also included is a letter from J. W. Wilson, Captain, Company E, 14th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, dated November 23, 1862, from Gallatin, Tenn., to his sister, desdribing the economic conditions of local southerners. His regiment was Provost Guard for the town. Acceess. #1994.0207
William Swindell, Papers, 1890-1930. The file includes newspaper obituaries for William Swindell, who died on June 20, 1902. He was a manufacturer of industrial furnaces, in charge during the Civil War of the furnace equipment at the Ft. Pitt foundry where many of the large cannon used by the Federal army were made. Access. #1992.114
Sweet Family Papers. Included in the file are a recopied account of John B. Sweet's Civil War diary, September 28, 1862 to July 14, 1863, and a recopied letter of Sweet and his friends in honor of Company I, 150th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; Sweet was from Crawford County and was wounded and captured, but later escaped, at Gettysburg. Access. #1993.0277
George Stewart, Letter, March 23, 1863. The letter is from Geo. Blenam to his uncle from Pittsburgh, the then current recruiting station for Blenam's unit, the 14th U. S. Infantry. Access. #1996.072
Alfred Charles Russel, Letter, 1864. The letter was written by Michael Dewalt, a soldier in Company E, 212th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, to his friend Mordeciah Cooley. The letter, written from Fort Craig near Washington D. C., describes camp life. Access. #1993.0203