United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Auburn Avenue Research Library for African American Culture and History prints collection
Collection
Collection number: aarlprints
Overview
The collection contains both original prints and reproduced images including engravings, drawings, and a few photographic prints which appeared in magazines depicting African American experience during the Civil War and Reconstruction, as well as a series of engravings satirizing African Americans. Of special interest may be specific sets within the collection including the Jenner Moxon set, items published inFrank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, and items...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1850-1900; Bulk, 1850-1900 1686-1988 1850-1900
Beth Abney collection, 1944-1998, bulk: 1992-1998
Series — Box 2: Series MSS 016.008; Series MSS 016.010; Series MSS 016.011; Series MSS 016.012; Series MSS 016.013 [Barcode: 31001005173704], Folder: 46-49
Collection number: MSS 016.012
Overview
Family memorabilia and genealogy information, including photographs, concerning the Mobley-Abney family.
Dates:
1944-1998; Majority of material found within 1992-1998
Fourth Georgia Volunteer Infantry carte de visite collection
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31001005172359]
Collection number: MSS.019
Overview
Thirty-six carte de visite photographs depicting soldiers of the 4th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, of the Confederate army.
Dates:
1861-1862
Gilleland Family collection
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31001005172375], Folder: 1-7
Collection number: MSS.043
Overview
A wide selection of materials pertaining to the Gilleland family, largely known because John Gilleland invented a double-barreled cannon during the Civil War.
Dates:
1847-1970
Al Hester papers
Collection
Collection number: MSS.069
Overview
Research files of Al Hester, a professor of journalism at the University of Georgia who later in his life wrote extensively on Athens history. The files pertain to the planning and writing of three books: Enduring Legacy: Clarke County Georgia's Ex-Slave Legislators Madison Davis and Alfred Richardson; Putting On Blue: Confederates from the Athens, Georgia, Area Who Became Galvanized Yankees; and Athens Memories: The W.P.A. Federal Writers' Project Interviews; and related historical topics....
Dates:
1980-2017; Majority of material found within 1998-2017
Pamphlet Collection
Collection
Collection number: aarl.PM
Scope and Contents
The Pamplet Collection holds well over 630 items from historical events, schools, organizations, and thinkpieces from scholars and laymen. This collection covers not only Georgia and the southern United States but it also includes writings and speeches from historical figures from the North. Majority of the collection consists of writings on a variety of topics like, integration, slavery, the confederacy, and the Reconstruction period. This collection will be helpful to...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1794-1977
Western H. Moore Collection of Civil War Letters
Collection
Collection number: aarl015-016
Scope and Contents note
Types of materials found in this series include family correspondence written from March 1863 until December 1868 between Western H. Moore, a black soldier who was stationed in South Carolina and Virginia during the American Civil War and his family in living Mercer County, Ohio. The series of correspondence offers a unique and rare perspective on the African American experience in the war. The collection also includes a letter from Julius Converse to Hon. Justin S. Morill with regards to...
Dates:
1863 March-1868 December