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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Civil War collection
Identifier/Call Number: mssCW
Physical Description:
7 Linear Feet
(6 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1781-1915
Date (bulk): 1861-1865
Abstract: A collection of letters, documents,
maps, battle plans, and a diary related to the American Civil War.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at
the Huntington Library for more information.
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from
or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The
responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining
necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item]. Civil War collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from George T. Keating, 1955.
A collection of 546 items containing chiefly letters written by prominent military figures
during the American Civil War (1781-1915, bulk 1861-1865); also included are some documents,
a diary, manuscript maps, and battle plans. The collection focus is upon the land forces
with a few pieces related to the Union navy. Significant persons represented in the
collection, among others: Pierre G. T. Beauregard, Benjamin F. Butler, Jefferson Davis,
David G. Farragut, Ulysses S. Grant, Henry W. Halleck, Edward Hatch, Joseph E. Johnston,
Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, Francis W. Pickens, Philip H. Sheridan, William T. Sherman,
and George H. Thomas.
Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1974. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the
finding aid derived from legacy in-house summary report.
Arranged chronologically.
Individual call numbers included in the collection: mssCW 1-512.
The collection was assembled in 1974 from manuscripts removed from the extra-illustrated
book, Battles and leaders of the Civil War (The Century Company, 1887-1888)(298000).
Abraham Lincoln. Commission to Richard F. O'Beirne, 1862 February 21, (mssCW 254), was
acquired with the Civil War collection and subsequently transferred to the Abraham Lincoln
collection (mssLincoln) by Huntington Library staff.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Illustrated books --
Extra-illustrated
United States -- History -- Civil War,
1861-1865
Collections -- United States -- 19th century
Diaries -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- Civil War,
1861-1865
Manuscript maps -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Military records -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant),
1818-1893
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin
Franklin), 1818-1893
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Farragut, David Glasgow,
1801-1870
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson),
1822-1885
Halleck, H. W. (Henry
Wager), 1815-1872
Hatch, Edward,
1832-1889
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston),
1807-1891
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward),
1807-1870
Lincoln, Abraham,
1809-1865
Pickens, F. W. (Francis Wilkinson),
1805-1869
Sheridan, Philip Henry,
1831-1888
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh),
1820-1891
Thomas, George H. (George
Henry), 1816-1870