United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fish Family Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-178
Abstract
Chiefly letters written to Simeon G. Fish, son of shipbuilder Nathan G. Fish, owner of Maxon, Fish & Co., containing descriptions of social life and daily activities in Mystic during the mid-19th century. Other persons represented include members of the Miner and Randall families.
Dates:
1849 - 1894
Found in:
Manuscripts
Hatsell P. Lyons Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-225
Abstract
Letters to family members and diaries (1862-1870) describing Lyon's experiences during the Civil War and his later life in Vermont; together with a typewritten account (1903) of Hatsell's Civil War service written by his son, Arthur H. Hatsell. There are no papers dated 1871-1902.
Dates:
1862 - 1903
Found in:
Manuscripts
Robert Weir Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-245
Abstract
Rough drafts of recollections and short stories. Includes "Some War Remembrances Aboard U.S. Sloop Richmond" (1863 Mar.); personal recollections of the Battle of the Mobile Bay, relating to Weir's experiences as assistant engineer; recollections of an incident with dynamite at Cairo, Ill. (ca. 1864); "Buttons", a fictional maritime tale (ca. 1890); "Jessica Snow", fragment of a fictional love story (ca. 1890); pencil sketches of sharks, gentoos, flying fish, etc.; and miscellaneous and...
Dates:
1864-ca.1890
Found in:
Manuscripts