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

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Dorothy E. Hubbard Skinner collection

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Identifier: Collection 110
Abstract Dorothy E. Hubbard Skinner (1897-1979) compiled typescripts of various resources that documented Michigan history. She completed this work during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Topics relate mainly to West Michigan, such as the Grand River, Lamont, Fallasburg, Grand Rapids, interurbans, Byron Township, Alpine Township, Georgetown Township, Plainfield Township, Haire School and lumbering. The collection also contains transcripts of a handful of Civil War letters from West Michigan Soldiers....
Dates: 1959-1968

Dorothy Keister collection

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Identifier: Collection 101
Abstract The Keister family lived in Sparta and Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dorothy Keister (1901-1996) donated historical photographs, autograph albums, a few historical publications and family genealogical research compiled by Cecile Keister. Images include Sparta and Kent City, Michigan, and particularly the Kent City fire on April 22, 1907. Genealogical data is available on the following families: Allen, Dudley, Highley, Keister, Noble, Symes and Williams. Also included are letters...
Dates: 1855-1962

Grand Rapids Public Library Civil War documents

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Identifier: Collection 242
Abstract This collection has been devised to bring together several small accessions containing information related to Grand Rapids and Michigan in the United States Civil War. Also included are a few national pictorials of the era, which include information on all areas for background reference. Both originals and facsimile documents are included in the collection, such as letters, military records and journals of Michigan soldiers active in the Civil War. Additionally, there are civil war era...
Dates: 1860 - 2013

Isaac Lewis Tower correspondence

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Identifier: Collection 200
Abstract Photocopied letters to Isaac Lewis Tower, a soldier with the 13th Michigan Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Tower was wounded at Chickamauga in 1863, and returned home after being captured and paroled in 1864. Topics include his brother, George Tower's, death; attitudes toward Confederate sympathizers and daily life during the war. Another group of letters reflect daily life at home and women’s opinions about the war. Also, there are letters from soldiers of the 13th Regiment to Isaac...
Dates: 1863-1865

John Gelderloos Civil War research collection

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Identifier: Collection 362
Abstract This collection contains photocopies of soldier's letters and photographs, primarily having to do with the 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics regiment during the American Civil War. The contents are from the personal collection of John Gelderloos, who has been collecting items from this regiment since 2002. Primary focus is on soldiers from Kent County although some are from other Michigan Counties. Additional items cover the postwar period and include family photos as well as business...
Dates: 1859-

Richmond Family Papers

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Identifier: Collection 094
Abstract The Richmond family was one of Grand Rapid's early pioneering families, settling in Western Michigan in the 1830s. The bulk of the collection is the William Almy Richmond (1809-1871) papers, dealing with Indian Affairs, 1845-1849. Richmond was Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Michigan and Wisconsin and in this position made treaty payments to the Indians at La Pointe on Lake Superior. Also included in this collection are the significant Civil War era diaries primarily of his...
Dates: 1825-1923, n.d.

Sterling family papers

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Identifier: Collection 238
Abstract The Sterling family papers contain original Civil War era letters, written by soldier Daniel L. Sterling of the 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, Company D; dated January 30 1864-September 18, 1865. The letters were addressed to wife Fidela and children Ella (Ellen), Mary, Wellington and Emily Sterling, who remained in Lowell, Michigan during the war. Copies of Daniel L. Sterling’s military and medical records, and application for pension, obtained from the National Archives,...
Dates: 1864-1972; Majority of material found within 1864 - 1865