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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)

 Subject
Subject Source: FAST

Found in 438 Collections and/or Records:

C. Helen Bentley essays

 Collection
Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.00980
Abstract

Studies of the development of democracy in Virginia (1830-1860) and of the life and political philosophy of Henry A. Wise (1806-1876), U. S. senator from Virginia who supported Texas annexation and later was a Confederate general.

Dates: 1930

William Gilmore Beymer papers

 Collection
Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.01001
Abstract

Papers concerning Beymer's research and writing on Civil War espionage, much of it published as magazine articles. Materials include correspondence, literary productions, notes, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and photographs.

Dates: 1863; 1908 - 1926

Bierbower family papers

 Collection
Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.01010
Abstract

Civil War-era diary (1864) and last will and testament (1896), of Frank Bierbower of Kentucky relate to Kentucky during and after the Civil War.

Dates: 1864; 1896

Sarah Billingslea papers

 Collection
Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.01057
Abstract

Papers document Billingslea's plantation in Warren County, Mississippi.

Dates: 1844 - 1891

Archibald Allen Black reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.01070
Abstract

Autobiography of Archibald Allen Black (1820-1904), an early settler of Bell County, recounts family history, his Civil War experiences, and the immigration of his family to Texas after the war.

Dates: undated

Black history collection

 Collection
Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.01080
Abstract

These papers have been combined into an artificial collection of material relating to black history, including an estate and slave inventory, muster roll for U. S. Colored Troops, Freedmen's Bureau reports, sharecropping contract, photographs, and court records concerning slaves.

Dates: 1826-[circa 1890]

William W. Black family papers

 Collection
Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.01077
Abstract

Papers relating to Black (1820-1862), a physician in Panola County, as well as to the Robb family of New Orleans reflect the social, political, cultural, and financial activities of various family members and friends. Correspondence and financial records primarily concern Black's medical career and his service with the Confederate Army. There is also a weather diary kept by Black in 1853

Dates: 1820 - 1911

C. H. Blake autograph book

 Collection
Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.01085
Abstract

Photostat of the autograph book of a prisoner at Johnson's Island, a Union prison for Confederate officers on Lake Erie near Sandusky, Ohio.

Dates: 1862

Joseph Bledsoe papers

 Collection
Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.01117
Abstract

Correspondence of Bledsoe concerning Brownsville during the Civil War and Austin before and after it.

Dates: 1854 - 1865

Zenas Randall Bliss papers

 Collection
Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.00447
Abstract

Correspondence, diaries, printed material, photographs, drawings and military artifacts primarily document Z. R. Bliss' military career before during and after the Civil War in Texas and elsewhere in the South. Reminiscences document Bliss' service and imprisonment, as well as mundane military duties.

Dates: 1854 - 1898