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James Madison University Libraries Special Collections
880 Madison DriveMSC 1704
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
Telephone: (540) 568-3612
library-special@jmu.edu
URL: https://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/
Jere Suter, Kate Morris
Administrative Information
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu). Because of the fragility of some items, reproductions may be restricted for certain materials.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Provenance
When the collection was received from the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society in 1991, the materials consisted of one box of folders, mostly labeled "Civil War," with no apparent arrangement. After review, three collections were established from the materials: Sons of Confederate Veterans Collection, 1896-1964, SC 0132; United Confederate Veterans Collection, 1893-1938, SC 0133; and Civil War Miscellaneous Collection, 1860-2005, SC 0134.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Civil War Miscellaneous Collection, 1860-1965 (bulk 1862-1928), SC 0134, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.
Acquisition Information
Collection was deposited by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society in April 1991. A student paper based on letters from the collection was added in 2005.
Processing Information
In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in the spring of 2017. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 3050.
Bio/Historical Note
Civil War records within the collection were issued by government entities, including the Department of the Interior and the Treasury Department, along with various war offices. Notable individuals with papers represented in this collection include local Shenandoah Valley historian John W. Wayland (1872-1962 and Cassie Moncure Lyne (1875-1955) a Civil War writer and poet from Virginia.
Scope and Content
The Civil War Miscellaneous Collection, 1860-2005 (bulk 1862-1928), consists of one box of materials related to the Civil War. This is an assembled collection, and the order of materials has been imposed by the archivist from the original unordered arrangement.
Civil War records included in the collection consist of muster rolls from the years 1862-1865, certificates of discharge and pension, lists of veterans, and lists of applicants and recipients of the Southern Cross of Honor from the years 1860-1926. Most of these records pertain to Confederate companies and individuals from Rockingham and Shenandoah Counties, but there are also a few records related to companies and soldiers within the Union Army. Other materials include personal letters from Civil War soldiers giving views of camp life and activities in and around Rockingham and Shenandoah Counties, writings by local historian John W. Wayland, twentieth century newspaper clippings relating to the Civil War, letters and poetry by Cassie Moncure Lyne, materials relating to Harrisonburg Civil War museums and monuments, and late nineteenth and early twentieth century bulletins and pamphlets about the Civil War. Please note that not all dates are inclusive.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged topically in four series with item level descriptions of folder contents.
Primary Source Materials, 1862-1926, 2005 Local Civil War History Documents, 1860-1978 Museums and Monuments, 1879-1965 Pamphlets and Booklets, 1909-1944Related Material
Sons of Confederate Veterans Collection, 1896-1964, SC 0132, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
United Confederate Veterans Collection, 1893-1938, SC 0133, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Separated Material
The location of some original letters is unknown.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Application forms
- Booklets
- Boyd, Belle, 1844-1900
- Camp Chase (Ohio) -- History
- Confederate States of America -- History, Military -- Sources
- Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography
- Confederate States of America. Army. McNeill Partisan Rangers
- Crook, George, 1829-1890
- Foster, George A.
- Generals -- United States -- Biography
- Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society
- Kelly, Benjamin Franklin, 1807-1891
- Letters (correspondence)
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- McNeill, John Hanson, 1815-1864
- Pamphlets
- Presidents -- United States -- Public opinion
- Rockingham County (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Slavery -- United States -- Controversial literature
- Soldiers -- Virginia -- Biography
- Soldiers -- Virginia -- Rockingham County -- Register
- Soldiers' monuments -- Virginia
- Southern Cross of Honor
- Spies -- United States -- Biography
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African American troops -- Sources
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Poetry
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Secret service, Confederate
- United States. Army. Infantry -- Subject
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers
- Virginia -- History, Local -- 19th century
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Camp Chase (Ohio) -- History
- Confederate States of America -- History, Military -- Sources
- Rockingham County (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African American troops -- Sources
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Poetry
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Secret service, Confederate
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers
- Virginia -- History, Local -- 19th century
Container List
- Mixed Materials [1000886586] box: 1 folder: 1
Primary Source Materials1862-1865 1926Scope and Content
Four Muster Rolls: Two from Union regiments in Illinois and New Hampshire; one from a Union convalescent regiment in Virginia; and one from Captain George A. Foster's company E, 20th regiment of U.S. Colored Infantry. Notes by Shenandoah Valley historian John Wayland on the muster roll of a company of Confederate infantry in the Virginia Militia.
- Mixed Materials [1000886586] box: 1 folder: 2
Primary Source Materials1862-1865, undated2005Scope and Content
Four letters from Civil War soldiers and one letter from a veteran relating details of his service and life after the Civil War. Project report titled "Civil War Letters Collection."
- Mixed Materials [1000886586] box: 1 folder: 3
Primary Source Materials1863-1914, undatedScope and Content
Civil War records including an honorable discharge from the Union Army, a pay voucher for a black aide-de-camp in the Union Army, a special orders letter granting a leave of absence, a copy of a receipt from Adams Express Company, a letter from the Treasury Department denying a veteran's claim for pay, and a pension certificate from the Bureau of Pensions.
- Mixed Materials [1000886586] box: 1 folder: 4
Local Civil War History Documents1865-1928, undatedScope and Content
Records pertaining to Confederate Soldiers, including lists of Confederate companies organized in Rockingham County, rosters of ex-Confederate soldiers in Rockingham County, lists of applicants for the Southern Cross of Honor, records of recipients of the Southern Cross of Honor, and a list of veterans from the Linville District.
- Mixed Materials [1000886586] box: 1 folder: 5
Local Civil War History DocumentsundatedScope and Contents
Writings on the Civil War by historian John Wayland, including descriptions of local battles, chronological lists of Civil War events concerning Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, and a drafts of various texts about the Civil War in Rockingham County.
- Mixed Materials [1000886586] box: 1 folder: 6
Local Civil War History Documents1937-1978, undatedScope and Contents
Copies of twentieth-century newspaper clippings about Civil War events including an article with photos on Colonel John S. Mosby and Mosby's Rangers.
- Mixed Materials [1000886586] box: 1 folder: 7
Museums and Monuments1922, undatedScope and Content
Letters to Cassie Moncure Lyne thanking her for sending copies of her poem "The Rockingham Confederate Flag," from various individuals as well as the Library of Virginia, and the Virginia Historical Society. Notes, sketches, and papers relating to Ms. Lyne's desire to have a Confederate Monument erected in Court Square in Harrisonburg, Virginia, along with information about existing Confederate Monuments in Winchester and Richmond, Virginia. Copies of three poems written by Ms. Lyne.
- Mixed Materials [1000886586] box: 1 folder: 8
Museums and Monuments1961-1965, undatedScope and Contents
Letters and documents pertaining to the Civil War Centennial Museum of Harrisonburg, Virginia, documenting the creation of a sign for the museum and relating to the Electric Map of the Stonewall Jackson Valley Campaign housed at the museum.
- Mixed Materials [1000886586] box: 1 folder: 9
Pamphlets and Booklets1898-1927Scope and Content
Bulletin of the Virginia State Library, 1927 "Two Confederate Items," includes the "Diary" of Captain H. W. Wingfield of Hanover County, Virginia and the "Reminiscences" of Judge E. C. Moncure of Caroline County, Virginia. An Address by Abraham Lincoln delivered before the R.E. Lee Camp, No. 1, Confederate Veterans, 1909. Miss Rutherford's Scrapbook, "Valuable Information About the South: History of Slavery—The South Did Not Fight to Hold Slaves," 1925. Various informational booklets about Camp Chase, Ohio, and the activities of various Civil War veterans groups.
- Mixed Materials [1000886586] box: 1 folder: 10
Pamphlets and Booklets19001944, undatedScope and Content
"Bell Boyd: Southern Spy of the Shenandoah" by Laura Virginia Hale, undated. "Constitution and By Laws of the Stonewall Brigade Band," 1900. "Two Generals Kidnapped," An account of the capture of General George Cook and Benjamin Kelly by McNeill's Rangers, 1944. "McNeill's Last Charge," An account of Captain John H. McNeill and his Rangers, 1944.