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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Barbier Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG069_159
Abstract

This collection documents J. Théophile Barbier, who came to Southington, Connecticut in 1851 from France and his descendents.

Dates: 1738-1974

Benjamin Warren Levalley papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG069_164
Abstract

Benjamin Warren Levalley was a 2nd Lieutenant in Company H of the 22nd Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. In 1895-1896 he spent time with his cousin Joanna Remington recording gravestones of the Fenner family at the Remington farm in Rhode Island. The collection includes appointment letters, discharge from service paper, correspondence, and a printout of photographs.

Dates: 1862-1896

Bouton family letters and sermons

 Collection
Identifier: RG069_154
Abstract The letters and sermons consist of materials pertaining to Nathaniel Bouton, John Benedict Bouton, Harriet A. Bouton, and other Bouton family members. Nathaniel Bouton was pastor of the First Congregational Church in Concord, New Hampshire; a historian; and a member of numerous organizations. John Benedict Bouton was a hatter and volunteer soldier in Company H of the 8th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. Included in the letters and sermons are correspondence,...
Dates: 1820-2009; Majority of material found within 1820-1865

Oliver and Theodore Blackman papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG069_131
Abstract

The papers consist of material that pertains to Oliver Blackman,Theodore Blackman, and the Blackman family. Oliver Blackman served in Company D of the 23rd Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. Theodore Blackman served in the Union Navy. Included in the papers are correspondence, diaries, personal papers, publications, photographs, and artifcats.

Dates: 1801-1930; Majority of material found in 1862-1865

Richard (McGee) Magee diaries

 Collection
Identifier: RG069_163
Abstract

Richard (McGee) Magee was a volunteer soldier in Company K of the 17th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. The collection includes five day-to-day diaries and an article describing his heroic actions at the siege of Fort Wagner and Sumter.

Dates: 1863-1869