Southern States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Diary, 1862 August 2-1863 November 19
File — Box 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
The first diary, with numbered pages, covers the period from August 1, 1862 to November 19, 1863, when the Army of Northern Virginia, under Robert E. Lee, achieved some of its most notable victories. She began it just after the Army of the Potomac, under George B. McClellan, had been withdrawn from the Peninsula. She reflects on Confederate victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, and notes there had been a battle at Gettysburg, “but no official report, only Yankee news.” She writes...
Dates:
1862 August 2-1863 November 19
Jamestown Island Civil War map
Collection
Identifier: SC 01865
Content Description
A hand-drawn map of Jamestown Island in pencil and blue ink with annotations.
Dates:
Circa 1860-1870
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center