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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

George W. Cassidy Letter to C. C. (Billy) Cassidy

 Collection
Identifier: 89-66
Abstract

Letter to G. W.'s brother C. C. (Billy) Cassidy at Dutch Flat, California, regarding his travels; news of acquaintances; and about Bart Powell's sister, now in Austin, Nevada, who was banished from Missouri for the treasonable act of conveying "Rebel dispatches."

Dates: November 6, 1863
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / George W. Cassidy Letter to C. C. (Billy) Cassidy

Correspondence to Mary Leavitt

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-27
Abstract

John McKay, a miner, and John Nelson, a mining superintendent, lived in Gold Hill, Nevada Territory in the mid-1860s. The collection contains two letters written by McKay and Nelson to their sister, Mary Leavitt, who lived in Wisconsin. In McKay's letter, he discusses views of the Civil War and living in Gold Hill while Nelson describes his trip out to Nevada, family matters, and sending money home.

Dates: 1864-1865
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Correspondence to Mary Leavitt