Guide to Civil War Manuscript & Newspaper Collections

by
Daniel N. Rolph, Ph.D.
Head of Reference Services

Civil War collections at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania are excellent primary resources which offer eye-witness accounts and reveal the fears, prejudices, and heroism of the individual soldier, as well as the deprivation and destruction of civilian life, in America's most devastating conflict to date.           

The following list is an in-house guide to the various Civil War related manuscripts and newspapers available at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.  This guide is not an every-name index, since the Gratz and Dreer Collections alone contain letters from hundreds of individual Union and Confederate officers.  Each of these soldiers are alphabetically listed within the manuscript card catalog (PC-1).  However, those soldiers with a significant number of letters have been included within this guide.

The purpose of the Civil War Guide is to function as a research tool, for both scholar and laymen alike, to all diaries and large letter collections.  It is also intended to direct researchers to miscellaneous Civil War related manuscripts, such as muster rolls, bounty papers, and organizations such as the Volunteer Refreshment Saloons, etc.  Regrettably, this is not an annotated guide to the Civil War collections at The HSP.

To facilitate research, this list includes the following data (where known): soldier's name, rank, company and regiment, branch of service, type of document, collection number, call number, and location within the manuscript vaults.  The Civil War Guide is not exclusionary, restrictive, nor elitist in its approach to which individuals are contained within the list.  All soldiers, regardless of rank, both Confederate and Union, are included.  Samuel P. Bates, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers: 1861-65 (Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Co., 1993), in 10 vols., were utilized to verify each soldier's military record.  In many cases, only by examining each individual collection, could identification of soldier and his service be proven.

The Civil War Guide should be used in conjunction with card catalog entries and our publication, Guide to the Manuscript Collections of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1991).  Various published works such as individual unit regimental histories and the multi-volume set known as the Official Records of the Union & Confederate Armies, should also be utilized.  For a fairly comprehensive listing of published Civil War resources available at The HSP, consult the following: Military Resources at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania  Also, for a general introduction to Civil War research, see the hand-out, Civil War History at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Diaries, Letters, Reminiscences, and Papers

Acton, Capt. Edward A.  Letters to wife, Mary E. (1861-62).  Co. 'F,' Fifth RegimentNJ Infantry.  (These letters have been published in PMHB {Pennsylvania Magazine of History & Biography}. Vol. LXXXIX, No. 1 (Jan. 1965): 3-51).
Collection no. 1910.

Allen, William Frederick.  Letters (1860-65).  Co. 'F,' 38th PA Regt., Ninth Reserve, transferred to First U.S. Cavalry.
Collection no. 1919.

Alloway, John W.  Diary (1863), 1 Vol.  Battery 'B,' 43rd Regt., First PA Artillery.
Collection no. 7; call no. Am .0075.

Baker, Enoch J.  Letters (Nov. 10, 1861 to Dec. 30, 1862).  110th PA Infantry Regt.
Society Miscellaneous Collection.

Barr, Capt. John P.  Diaries (June 22, 1862 to May 1, 1865), 8 small notepads.  Co. 'L,' Fourth PA Cavalry, 64th Regt.
Collection no. 1995; call no. Am .6566.

Bate, Henry C.  Letters to wife, Ella (1862 to 1865).  First Confederate Cavalry.
Society Collection.

Beale, Joseph Boggs.  Papers (1852-1882), diaries (1857-1865), loose letter books.  33rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia, Co. 'D,' 2nd Regt., Blue Reserves of Philadelphia.
Collection no. 2007.

Bennett, Lt. Col. Frank T.  Diary (1862).  Fifty-fifth PA Infantry.
Collection 3041. View finding aid.

Berger, John R (of Bernville, Berks County, PA).  Diary (1862-63).  Co. 'G,' 151st PA Infantry Regt.
Call no. Am .0211.

Betts, Capt. Charles Malone.  Letters (1862-64).  Co. 'F,' 15th PA Cavalry, 160th Regt. (the "Anderson Cavalry").
Collection no. 1889.

Biddle, 1st Lt. James Cornell.  Letters to wife, Gertrude G. Meredith, (1861-65).  Co's. 'C' & 'K,' 27th PA Infantry.
Collection no. 1881.

Biddle, William F.  Papers, ADC to McClellan. 

Blackburn, Private William.  Letters (November 22, 1861 to April 10, 1862).  Anderson Troop, Independent Cavalry Company.
Society Small Collection.

Boos, Louis J.  Reminiscences (1870). Co. 'B,' 6th PA Cavalry.
Collection no. 1546.

Boyts, Franklin.  Diary (1862-65), 4 vols. Co. 'C,' 142nd PA Infantry Regt.
Collection no. 1995; call no. Am .13752. 

Brooke, Gen. John R.  Papers (1793-1903).
Collection no. 78; "Miscellaneous & Undated (1861-1870)."

Brown, Andrew.  Letterbook (1862-64).  Co. 'C,' 91st Pennsylvania Infantry.
Collection no. 82.

Cadwalader, Lt./Capt. Charles Evert.  Letters.  Co's. 'D' & 'H,' 6th PA Cavalry.
Collection no. 1454; Cadwalader Family Papers, Miscellaneous Box of Correspondence.

Cadwalader, Gen. George.  Correspondence (1861-65), discusses issues such as court martials and the Whitehall Bucks Co. PA Military Hospital.
Collection no. 1454; Cadwalader Family Papers.

Carpenter, Brigadier-General Louis H.  Papers, 2 letter books (1862-1883).  6th U.S. Cavalry.
Collection no. 115.

Cavada, Capt. Adolph F.  Diary (1861-63).  Co. 'C,' 23rd PA Infantry.
Collection no. 1995; call no. Am .6956.

Clark, Corp. Thomas.  Letters (1864).  Co. 'C,' 97th PA Infantry.
Society Small Collection.

Clark, William J.  Scrapbook (1839-1889), contains Civil War letters.
Collection no. 1995; call no. Am .0445.

Clay, Capt./Lt. Col. Cecil.  Papers.  Co.'K,' 58th PA Infantry.
Collection no. 1642.

Collins, Capt. John M.  Muster, Pay Rolls, etc.  Co. 'F,' 58th PA Infantry Regt.

Collis, Col. Charles H.T.  Letterbooks (1863-65).  114th PA Infantry Regt.
Collection no. 1606; call no. Am .04723 (3 vols.).

See also the John Meredith Read Papers, for a series of Collis's letters (1862-64) concerning court martial, etc. Collection no. 1668; Correspondence (1860-1873).

Congdon, Lt. Col. James A.  Letters/Papers (1862-65).  12th PA Cavalry, 113th Regt.
Collection no. 1620.

Cooke, Jay (financier of the Civil War, etc.).  Papers (1842-1901).
Collection no. 148.

Cornett, Corp. James A.  Letters (1861-65).  Co. 'F,' 5th PA Cavalry, 65th Regt.
Collection no. 1749; Jane Cornett Papers.

Cornett, 1st Lt. Joseph P.  Letters (1862-65).  Co. 'G,' 176th PA Infantry Regt. & Co. 'E,' 199th PA Infantry Regt.
Collection no. 1749; Jane Cornett Papers, Correspondence (1835-1916).

Dickson, Chaplain Robert (Presbyterian Minister, Lawrence Co., PA.).  Diary (1864).  100th PA Infantry Regt.
Collection no. 1995; call no. Am .66956.

Diller, Maj. William S.  Papers.  Co. 'F,' 76th PA Infantry Regt.
Collection no. 173.

Dougherty, Daniel.  Diary (1863-64).  Co. 'H,' 63rd PA Infantry Regt.
Collection no. 819; call no. Am .6702.

Drayton, Percival.  Letters (1860-1865).  Union Naval Officer.
Collection no. 1584; Drayton Family Papers.

Drayton, Thomas Fenwick.  Letters (1860-1865).  Confederate Brigadier-General.
Collection no. 1584; Drayton Family Papers.

Drayton, William Heyward.  Letters (1848-1862), correspondence with Percival and Thomas Drayton.
Collection no. 1584; Drayton Family Papers.

Fahnestock, George W.  Diaries (1862-67).  Co. 'E,' 195th PA Infantry Regt.
Collection no. 1185; call nos. Am .62701 & Am .88996.

Fisher, Elizabeth R.  Civil War Correspondence.
Collection no. 1962; Wister Family Papers, Box 20, folders #1-4.  See also Box 13, folder 27 (1862-1863).

Foering, John O.  Diary/Papers.  28th Pennsylvania Infantry Regt.
Collection no. 1761; call no. Am .06823.

Follmer, Quartermaster John Daniel.  Diary (1862-1865), typescript.  Co. 'F,' 16th PA Cavalry, 161st Regt.
Call no. Am .66910.

Fox, Sgt. Isaac.  Papers (1863-1869).  Co. 'F,' 114th PA Infantry Regt.
Collection no. 1502.

Frailey, Commodore James Madison.  Civil War Papers (1861-66).
Collection no. 1758; Floyd T. Starr Collection, folder #4.

Geary, Maj. Gen. John White.  Correspondence (1859-1865).
(Also included are the letters of his son, Lt/Capt. Edward R. Geary, Knap's Independent Battery 'E' & Hampton Battery "F").
Collection no. 2062; Geary Family Papers. View finding aid.

Gibbon, Brigadier-General John.  Papers (1862-1892), includes letters to his wife (1862-65) and on the commissioners surrender at Appomattox.
Collection no. 2031.

Griffith, Richard.  Diaries (1862-63).  Companies 'D,' & 'G,' 23rd Infantry Regt. 

Collection no. 1542; Mrs. Irvin H. McKesson Papers.

Gummere, Capt. John.  Diaries (1863).  Landis Battery, 1st Philadelphia Artillery.
Collection no. 1995; call no. Am .07086.

Hale, Capt. John H. (Asst. Quartermaster of the U.S.).  Papers/Correspondence (1860-1865).
Collection no. 1925.

Hall, J. Noel.  Letters (1859-63).  Co. 'A,' & 'K,' 12th PA Infantry.
Society Collection.

Heckman, Charles A.  Papers/Orderly Books.
Collection no. 1809.

Hopkinson, Col. Oliver.  Letters (1861-1863).  1st Regt. Delaware Infantry (also in the 51st Pa Militia Regt.).
Collection no. 1978; "Autographs" in Hopkinson Papers (vol. 19).

Humphreys, Gen. Andrew A.  Papers/Correspondence, 57 vols.
Collection no. 304.

Huntly, John C.  Diary (June-October, 1863).  U.S.N., U.S.S. Pensacola, Mann's Independent Co. Pa Mil. Infantry.
Call no. Am .085265.

Irwin, Capt. John.  Diaries (1863-1865), 3 vols.  Co. 'B,' 149th PA Infantry Regt.
Collection no. 1503; call no. Am .085302.

Israel, W. P.  Letters (1861-62).  1st Ohio Artillery.
Society Miscellaneous Collection.

Jackson, Samuel.  Letters to wife, Kate, in Boston (1862-1863).  Medical Officer in the U.S.N., U.S.S. Brooklyn.
Collection no. 313.

Johnson, Jesse (of New Salem, Fayette County, PA).  Diary (Nov. 1861-July, 1864). Co. 'C,' 2nd Regt. West Virginia Cavalry.
Collection no. 1299; call no. Am .6964. View finding aid.

Johnson, Jesse.  Diary (July 14, 1862 to April 14, 1863).  7th West Virginia.
Society Miscellaneous Collection.

Jones, Quartermaster Daniel D.  Papers (1862-63).  88th PA Infantry Regt.
Collection no. 1546; Box #9.

Jones, Capt./Col. Owen.  Letters (1861-63).  Co. 'B,' 1st PA Volunteer Reserve Cavalry, 44th Regt.
Collection no. 1301.

Jones, William Thomas.  Letters (typescript).  Co. 'H,' 23rd & 61st PA Infantry Regts.
Collection no. 2023; call no. Am .6697.

Jordan, Col. Thomas J.  Letters to wife, Ella (1861-66).  9th PA Cavalry.
Collection no. 2066.

Judd, Frank S.  Diary (1865).  Union soldier aboard the U.S.S. Grand Gulf.
Collection no. 1995; call no. Am .19255.

Justice, Quartermaster Jefferson (railway official).  Papers (1862-65).  100th PA Infantry Regt.
Collection no. 1302.

Kapp, Samuel S. Family Papers (1861-1862). 10th Reserve, 39th PA Infantry Regt.
Collection no. 3066.

Kappler, Corp. Jacob C.  Letters (in German).  Co. 'D,' 99th PA Infantry.
Society Collection.

Kendig, Abraham.  Letters (1861-64).  Co. 'B,' 97th PA Infantry Regt.
Society Small Collection.

Kendig, Corp. Henry Jr.  Letters (1861-63).  Co. 'B,' 97th PA Infantry.
Society Small Collection.

Kirk, Edward Needles.  Correspondence (Jan. 1861-July, 1863).  34th Illinois Infantry Regt.
Collection no. 2005; Kirk Family Papers.

Lynch, John Wheaton.  Letters.  Co. 'C,' 106th PA Infantry Regt.
Collection no. 1609.

Manley, William H.  Letters(Sept. 1861 to May, 1862).  Co. 'E,' 72nd PA Infantry Regt. Collection no. 1546; Box #9.

Margerum, Corp. Richard.  Letters (1861-64).  Co. 'H,' 71st PA Infantry Regt.
Society Collection.

Markley, John H.  Diary (Aug. 15, 1862 to Nov. 18, 1863).  Co. 'H,' 138th PA Infantry Regt.
Collection no. 175; Dreer Collection,vol. 47.

Mason, Capt. Herbert Cowpland.  Letters (April-December 1862).  Co. 'H,' 20th Massachusetts Infantry.
Society Small Collection.

Meade, Gen. George G.  Papers (see Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the HSP for a complete description).
Collection nos. 410 & 1407.

Moore, William Reed.  Diary (1861-65), typescript.  Co. 'A,' 139th & 211th PA Infantry Regts.  Collection no. 1995; call no. Am .10612.

Mouat, David.  Reminiscences: "Three Years in the 29th Pennsylvania Volunteers."  Co. 'G,' 29th PA Infantry Regt.
Collection no. 1808; 29th Regt. PA Volunteer Papers (1861-1900).

McAteer, Simon.  Diary (1864).  Co. 'G,' 12th PA Cavalry.
Collection no. 1995; call no. Am .0985.

McCahan, Capt. Thomas S.  Diary (1862-64).  Co. 'M,' 9th PA Cavalry, 92nd Regt.
Collection no. 1995; call no. Am .6092.

McCall, Maj. Gen. George Archibald.  Papers (1861-63).  PA Reserve Volunteer Corps.
Collection no. 1635.

McCarter, William.  Reminiscences (1875).  Co. 'A,' 116th PA Infantry Regt.
Collection no. 1307; call no. Am .6952.

McGown, James Milton.  Diary (Feb. 4 to Nov. 15, 1863).  Co. 'A,' 76th PA Infantry Regt. [wounded, captured at Ft. Wagner, S.C., in July of 1863, died in Libby Prison, Nov. 27, 1863].
Collection no. 1607; call no. Am .10123.

McKnight, Charles M.  Diary (1864).  Co. 'K,' 88th PA Infantry Regt.
Collection no. 1995; call no. Am .0988.

Newhall, Capt. Walter Symonds.  Letters (1862-63).  Co. 'A,' 3rd PA Cavalry, 60th Regt.
Collection no. 1409.

Nicholson, James B.  Diary (1862-65), kept while serving aboard the U.S. sloop, theJamestown.
Collection no. 1995; call no. Am .6968 & Am .69681.

Norris, Henry (Hardman).  Letters (Sept. 10, 1861 to August 28, 1862; Sept. 25, 1864).  Quartermaster Sgt. 18th PA Infantry Regiment; (1st Artillery?).
John Cadwalader, Jr. Papers, Cadwalader Collection, Series VI: box 118, folder 5.

Pattison, Sgt. Joseph N.  "Diary of a Delaware Yank" (1864), edited by G. Earle Thompson, (typescript).  Co. 'I,' Regt. [?].
Society Miscellaneous Collection.

Paul, Mickle Cooper.  Diary (1864-65).  Transferred from Co. 'B,' 5th PA Cavalry, 65th Regt., served with U.S.A. Signal Corps.
Collection no. 1995; call no. Am .19256.

Payne, Sarah Pannill Miller.  Letters (1865-1872), typescript
Collection no. 1995; call no. Am .12358.

Price, Samuel.  Civil War Navy Service.
Collection no. 1417; Samuel Victor Barr Collection.

Quick, Lavingston (Brigadier Surgeon, U.S.A., 1819-1876).  Papers (1847-1876).
Collection no. 532.

Rawle, Col. Wm. Brooke.  "Cavalry Fight of the Right Flank at Gettysburg: 1863-1912" (reminiscences from both Confederate & Union participants); Journal (1862-1865); and "A Reputation" by W.R. Rawle (June, 1902).Third PA Cavalry Regt.
Collection no. 536; vols. 1-4. View finding aid.

Reed, William W.  Diary (1862).  Co. 'I,' 127th PA Infantry.
Call no. Am .12938.

Roberts, William Jr. Papers, 1831-1865. 28th PA Infantry. Collection 3069. Click here for more information.

Seckel, Edwin R. W.  Letters (April, 1861 to Aug. 1864).  Co. 'A,' 51st & 197th PA Infantry Regts.
Society Collection.

Sickel, Horatio G.  Postwar Letters.  Third PA Reserves.
Collection no. 1860A-B; Unger Collection, "Civil War Union Generals."

Shoemaker, Franklin.  "Diary of the Great Rebellion" (1862-67), a narrative summary of the Civil War.
Call no. Am .6703.

Smith, Corp. John L.  Papers (1862-65); book of mimeographed/carbon-copied letters; miscellaneous, loose original letters; and diaries.  Transferred from Co. 'K,' 118th PA Infantry Regt. (the Corn Exchange Regt.) to Co. 'E,' 91st PA Infantry Regt.
Collection no. 610.

Smith, Sgt. Thomas W.  Letters (1862-65).  Co. 'I,' 6th PA Cavalry, 70th Regt.
Collection no. 1871.

Smoyer, Edwin B.  Letters (1861-65).  Co. 'B,' 1st PA Reserve Cavalry.
Society Collection.

Snowden, James Ross.  Diary (1864-65).  Co. 'I,' 23rd PA Infantry & Co. 'I,' 61st PA Infantry & Co.'I,' 61st PA Infantry.
Collection no. 616; call no. Am .1565.

Spiehlman, Benjamin F.  Diaries (1862-65).  Co. 'G,' First PA Artillery, 122nd Regt.
Gratz Collection: Case 14, Box 22.

Stackhouse, William.  Diaries (1863-65), 3 vols.  Co. 'B,' 119th PA Infantry Regt.
Collection no. 1210; call no. Am .15975.

Stone, Frank S.  Letters (1861-65).
Collection no. 1565.

Sturgis, Abraham, Isaac & James.  Letters (1861-64), typescript.  1st Regt., VA Cavalry (the PA Dragoons), 85th PA Infantry, 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Collection no. 831; call no. Am .2075.

Taylor, Col. J.P.  "Report to Brig. Gen. Stoneman, Army of the Potomac" (1863).  1st PA Cavalry.  Collection no. 1301; Owen Jones Papers.

Thatcher, Isaac S.  Letters.  Co. 'H,' 8th New Jersey Infantry Regt.
Collection no. 1860; Claude Unger Collection, Box "Tha-Wag."

Truefitt, Capt./Major Henry P. Jr.  Letters/Papers.  Co. 'G,' 119th Pa Infantry. 

Gratz Collection (alphabetical series).

Unidentified Civil War Diary (Jan-Dec, 1863).
Call no. Am .69555.

Unidentified Civil War Diary of a woman serving with the U.S. Christian Commission (Nov. 21, 1862-June 6, 1863).
Call no. Am .6090.

Voltaire, Louis.  Papers.  Co. 'I,' 98th PA Infantry Regt.
Society Miscellaneous Collection; Box 15-A.

Walker, Lt. James H.  Diaries (1861-64).  Co. 'E,' 81st Pa Infantry Regt.
Collection no. 1995; call no. Am .1122.

Wallen, Augustus Burd.  Letters (1862-65).  72nd & 183rd PA Infantry Regt.
Dreer Collection (ABC), filed under "Samuel S. Maker" correspondence.

Wenrick, Capt. James E (died as a prisoner of war).  Diary (1864).  Co. 'E,' 19th PA Cavalry.  Collection no. 1995; call no. Am .66954.

Miscellaneous Civil War-Related Records

"Naval, Military, Civil War," (newspaper clippings regarding Civil War hospitals, etc).
Campbell Collection, vol. 59.

Citizens Bounty Fund Committee Papers, Philadelphia, PA (1862-66): contains Civil War bounty papers, bounty certificates on individual soldiers, payment of bounties and encouraged enlistments. Collection no. 1558.

Civil War Envelope Collection (1861), 2 boxes and 4 scrapbooks.
Collection no. 1605.

Civil War Papers (CWP).  Record Books (1862-63).  Matthew Hasting Independent Keystone Battery.
Collection no. 1546.

CWP.  Record Books (1861-64).  Co. 'G,' 7th PA Reserve Corps Volunteers.
Collection no. 1546.

CWP.  "Confederate Section," Letters (1861-62).
Collection no. 1546; Box #10.

CWP. Enlistment Certificates,Co.'G,' Orders, Muster Rolls, etc. (1862-64).  Eastern Shore, Maryland Volunteers, 2nd Regt.
Collection no. 1546.

CWP.  Muster Rolls (1862-64).  Long Island Volunteers, Co. 'K,' 1st Regt. (NY Volunteers, 67 Regt.).
Collection no. 1546.

CWP.  Inspection Reports (1864-65).  New York National Guard, 15th Regt.
Collection no. 1546.

Ferdinand J. Dreer Autograph Collection.  "Confederate Generals," Civil War Series 66-69 (8 boxes); "Confederate Officers," Civil War Series 69 (2 boxes); "Union Generals," Civil War Series 60-65 (eleven boxes) "Union Officers," Civil War Series 70 & 71 (3 boxes).
Collection no. 175; Dreer Collection (these manuscripts are signed letters).

Samuel B. Fales Collection.  "Civil War Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloons" (1861-65).  
Includes 12 ledger books, 16 boxes, special files box: "letters of soldiers, hospital records, etc."
Collection no. 1580.

Grant, James.  The Flag & The Cross: A History of the U.S. Christian Commission
Call no. Am .7905.

Simon Gratz Autograph Collection.  "Civil War: Confederate Generals," (and other officers); "Civil War : Union Generals."  Boxes 11-17 and 1-10 respectively; Gratz Alphabetical Series, "Civil War."
Collection no. 250A; Gratz Collection.

Military Records of Berks County in the Civil War.
Collection no. 950; call no. Am .6965 (2 vols.).

Minute Book of the Penn Relief Association, Vol. 2 [vol. 1 is missing].
Collection no. 756; call no. Am .6971.

Muster Rolls (1861-64). Pennsylvania Reserves, 42nd Regiment.
Collection no. 2078.

Pamphlets.  "Material for Gettysburg."
Collection no. 304; Major-General A.A. Humphreys Collection.

Records (1861-64).  Pennsylvania Infantry: First Regiment Militia.

Records (1861-63).  Pennsylvania Volunteers, 28th Regiment.
Collection no. 2078.

Records.  Pennsylvania 29th Infantry Regiment.

Records/Co. 'G' Books.  Pennsylvania 36th PA Infantry Regiment.
Pennsylvania 36th PA Infantry Regiment Collection.

Reports, Muster Rolls, and General Orders.  Pennsylvania 52nd Infantry Regiment.
Pennsylvania 52nd Infantry Regiment Collection.

Records.  Pennsylvania 56th Infantry Regiment.
Gratz Collection (ABC), "Civil War."

Records/Co. 'G' Rolls.  Pennsylvania 96th Infantry Regiment.
Collection no. 1546.

Records (1864-65), three large pages containing names of men considered for commissions. Pennsylvania 186th Infantry Regiment. 

Record Books (1862-65), 11 vols.  Pennsylvania Relief Association for Sick & Wounded Soldiers.
Collection no. 756; call no. Am .697 to Am .6974.

Record of Admissions to Free Military School (Philadelphia, PA); Colored Troops: Civil War (1863-65), officers of colored troops, etc.  [Camp William Penn].
Call no. AmS .51.

Society Miscellaneous Collection

*Box 14-B

"Civil War: Conscription, official copies of draft regulations,"  Folder 4a;

"Civil War: Confederate Army Morning Reports,"  Folder 4b;

"Civil War: Letters & Articles"; Miscellaneous listing on card of Third PA Cavalry, 60th Regiment, Folder 4c; and

"Civil War: 23rd & 29th PA Infantry Regt.; Miscellaneous Papers: desertion, ordinance office correspondence, etc.,  Folder 5.

Volunteer Refreshment Saloons

"Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, Philadelphia, PA."  Papers (1861-64).  Reynold T. Hall Papers.
Collection no. 256 (See also the "James LeBosquet Letters" in Society Collection).

Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon (1861-64).
Collection no. 2074.

Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon of Philadelphia, 1 Ledger.
Call no. Am .67040.

Manuscripts listed under "Civil War" in PC-7

Arnold, D. T.  Letters (1862).  Co. 'H,' 90th PA Regiment (also 88th).

George Albright Foreman Collection, Doc Box 12.  (See also copies of letters written by Arnold during the Civil War: FC Fo Box 25).

Carre, DeAngli H.  Letters to Margaret P. Carre of Philadelphia County (Oct. 1, 1862 to Oct. 26, 1864).Co. 'C,' Blue Reserves, 2nd Regt., Reserve Brigade.
Call no. FC Ca.

Cartledge, Sgt. Cyrus.  Civil War letters and discharge papers pertaining to Cartledge, Joseph Wallens, and William H. Miller.  Co. 'E,' 91st Pennsylvania Infantry.
Doc Box 15.

Dentler, H. Clay.  Letters (1862-63).  Co. 'B,' 131st Pennsylvania Regt.

Hebert G. Gearhart Collection, Doc Box 3.1.

Gulager Family Notes.  Civil War draft forms.
Doc Box 16.

Jones, Joe C.  Letters to his sister, Ellen Jones, of Philadelphia.  1st Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Doc Box 18.

Keith, Zypha S. Collection.  Letter (1863).Co. 'B.' 4th Maine Infantry.
FC Ke (Keith Family).

Lukens, John Lewis.  Letters to wife, Mary (1862-64), typescript/photocopies.  25th & 62nd Virginia Confederate Infantry.

Herman T. Lukens Collection, FC Wy (Wyckoff Family).

Oestreich, Maurus.  Memorandum (1861-64).  Co. 'B,' 96th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Gen Oe l.

Oliver, George Powell (Surgeon).  Civil War Papers (1862-74).

Norris S. Oliver Collection, Doc Box 30:1.

Robb, Jonathan.  Letter (Feb. 12, 1864 from Camp Hill, Virginia).  62nd or 155th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Doc Box 19.

Scheckler, Sgt. Daniel C.  Civil War Diary (Jan. 1, 1864 to June 8, 1864).  Co. 'M,' 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Gen Sh 24.

Wheeler, J. Herbert & Venus.  Muster Out Roll.  Co. 'D,' 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (called into service at Stevensburg, Virginia, 1863).
YMisc. 33.

National Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.  Civil War Soldiers Record of Internments (1863-67).
Ph 79A.

Somerset County, Pennsylvania Soldiers.  Military Discharge Records, Index (1864-1968); Discharge Records, Vol. 1 (1862-1865).
XR 648, Greenfield Center Microfilm Room, 1st floor.

State Archives of Providence, Rhode Island.  List of Persons Drafted in Rhode Island, 1863 (several exemptions due to substitutes).
XR 609, Greenfield Center Microfilm Room, 1st floor.

Riverview Cemetery, Trenton (Mercer County) New Jersey.  Civil War Veteran Burials.
NJ Me 1A.                                            

Civil War Newspapers at the Historical Society

*Majority are in the "Civil War Folder," of newspaper collection (E-20-6), unless noted otherwise.    

The Advance Guard.  Vol. 1 No. 1 (March 12, 1862).  Leesburg, Virginia. 

(Published by the Twenty-Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment).

The American Union. (July 4-6th, 1861).  Martinsburg, Virginia.

The Army & Argus and Crisis* (Confederate Paper).  (June 4, 1864 - December 17, 1864: vol. 1 no. 1 to vol. 1, no.29.  (Also called The Daily Army Argus & Crisis, Vol.1, No.13 (May 8, 1865): HSP call no. Tlb*.8851, one issue, in 'Civil War folder,' Gainesville, Alabama).
Row E-20-7.

Berryville Conservator. Vol. III, No. 26 (March 12, 1862).  Berryville, Virginia.
Call no. Tlb* .8851, vol. 6.

The Cartridge Box. Vol.1, No.1 to Vol.1, No.22 (March 5, 1864 - June 3, 1865).  York, PA.

The Cavalier.  (February 3, 1863 - December 7, 1863).  Yorktown, PA.  (This paper has many entries about PA soldiers).

The Crutch (U.S.A.).  Vol. 1, No.19 to Vol. 2, No. 71 (May 14, 1864 - May 13, 1865).  Annapolis, MD. 

The Daily Citizen (Confederate Paper). July 2, 1863.  Vicksburg, Mississippi.  (14 copies of the same date, on wallpaper).

The Fair Reporter.  (February 23, 25, 26, 1864).  York, PA.

The First Minnesota(First Minnesota Regiment).  March 11, 1862.  Berryville, VA.

Forney's War Press (4 vols.).  Three bound volumes, Vol.1 (January 4, 1862 to November 7, 1863), Vol.II (November 14, 1863 to November 4, 1865), call no. A-19-32 & A-19-33.  Also in Folder box, Vol. 1, #4 (December 7, 1861) to Vol.2, #6 (December 20, 1862); Vol.3, #3 (November 28, 1863), call no. F-2-2.  Vol. IV, No.36 (July 15, 1865), pp's. 2-3, has an alphabetical listing of Pennsylvania soldiers who died at Andersonville Prison during the Civil War).  Philadelphia, PA.
Row A-19 and E-13.

Frontier Scout (publication of Co. 'I,' 30th Wisconsin Volunteers).  Vol. 1, No.3 (July 27, 1864). Fort Union, Dakota Territory.

Grand Army Scout & Soldiers Mail & Soldier's Mail (a GAR publication).  May 12, 1883 to December 11, 1886.  Philadelphia, PA.
Philadelphia Folder: G; Row E-13.

Grant's Petersburg Progress.  April 3, 1865.  Petersburg, VA.

The Hammond Gazette (Hammond General Hospital).  Vol.1, No.16 to Vol.2, No.43  (March 3, 1863 - September 7, 1864).  Point Lookout, MD. 

The Hoosier Newsboy (Twenty-first Indiana Regiment).  Vol.1, No.3 (May 27, 1862).  Algiers, Louisiana.

Hospital Register (Satterlee U.S. Army General Hospital, West Philadelphia), Vol. 2, No.1 to Vol.3, No. 43 (August 29, 1863 - July 8, 1865).
Call no. Tl .8462, bound folio volume.

The McClellan Hospital Budget.  Vol.1, No.6 to Vol.2, No.2 (December, 1864 - February, 1865).  Philadelphia, PA.

The Pennsylvania Fifth (Camp McDowell).  Vol.1, No's. 1 & 2 (June 10, 17th, 1861).  Alexandria, VA.  (Partially in German).

Pennsylvania Thirteenth (Camp Tennally).  Vol. 1, No.11 (February 1, 1862).  Washington, D.C.

The Rebel (Confederate Paper).  August 9, 1862.  Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The Sanitary Reporter.  Vol. 1, No.15 (December 15, 1863).  Louisville, Kentucky.

The Sixth Corps (Union Paper).  Vol.1, No.1 to Vol.1, No.2 (April 27, 1865 - April 28, 1865).  Danville, VA.

The Swamp Angel (Union Paper).  Vol.1, No.2 (May 26, 1864).  Morris Island, SC.

The Waterford News (Union Paper).  Vol. 1, No.1 to Vol. 1, No.8 (May 28, 1864 - April 3, 1865). Waterford, VA.

Zouave Gazette (Nineteenth Illinois Regiment).  Vol.1, No.1 & Vol.1, No.6 (November 7/23, 1861 and December 6, 1861).  Elizabethtown, Kentucky.