United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
9th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers Flag Remnant manuscript, 1877 October 12
Item
Identifier: A1988-005-001
Scope and Contents
Manuscript presentation note from 9th Infantry Regiment of Massachusetts presenting a remnant of their flag they carried during the Civil War in 1861, signed Daniel G. Macnamara of "the Old Ninth."
Dates:
1877 October 12
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Alonzo Hall Quint Masonic Civil War collection, 1861-1864
Collection
Identifier: A2017-048
Carl E. Wahlstrom ephemera collection, 1861-1970
Collection
Identifier: A2018-029
Circular letter from William Hobart Hadley to Mosaic Lodge, No. 52, 1864 September 20
Item
Identifier: A2018-146-001
Scope and Contents
Circular letter from the Masonic Mission to Mosaic Lodge, No. 52. September 20, 1864. In this circular letter, William Hobart Hadley, the Vice President of the Masonic Mission in Maine, and Agent for the New England States, reminds the Fraternity that the Masonic Mission is a Masonic institution that can expect little outside help. Hadley also requests that every Lodge in the State of Maine “make immediate and earnest efforts to raise money and supplies” from the Fraternity and private...
Dates:
1864 September 20
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Civil War discharge certificate issued to James Foran, 1864 September
Item
Identifier: A2011-006-001
Scope and Contents
Civil War discharge certificate for James Foran because of expiration of terms of enlistment.
Dates:
1864 September
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Civil War newspaper collection, 1857-1865
Collection
Identifier: A1992-048
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Civil War certificate issued to William Seward, 1870 April 19
Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A2019-166-001
Content Description
William Seward served in the Second Light Battery. Certificate was created by the American Bank Note Company.
Dates:
1870 April 19
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Elisha Reese letters, 1861-1864
Collection
Identifier: A2005-026
Helena W. Sprague collection, 1776-1903
Collection
Identifier: A1977-005
Scope and Contents
The Helena W. Sprague Collection is a collection containing correspondence, papers and ephemera relating to life in America before, after, and during the Civil War. The dates of the materials range from the 1700s to the early 1900s.The majority of the correspondence is from two families, the Fishers and the Frashers, who were related by marriage. Their correspondence spans from the 1850s to the 1860s.Other papers included in the collection are from a Charles Jones of Marshfield,...
Dates:
1776-1903
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Letter from Captain William M. McArthur to Arthur McArthur, Sr., 1863 March 8
Item
Identifier: A1992-102-001
Scope and Contents
Three page autograph letter signed by Capt. William M. McArthur to his father, dated 8th Maine Regiment Infantry, 8 March 1863. The letter refers to Masons who were soldiers in the Civil War and how they were treated, as well as the relationship betwteen Masons from the North and the South.
Dates:
1863 March 8
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library