Civil War manuscripts listing

This is an index to manuscript collections at the Vermont Historical Society that contain something about the Civil War. Click on "view details" to see a summary of the collection contained in our online catalog. You can use this online catalog to conduct more complex searches of our manuscript holdings, including keyword searches. The online catalog also contains links to full text finding aids for many Civil War collections.

Be sure to also visit our section of Civil War transcriptions and our photograph gallery of Civil War officers.

In addition to the manuscripts listed here, the Vermont Historical Society has other materials related to Vermont's participation in the Civil War, including unprocessed manuscripts, photographs, books, and artifacts.

This manuscript listing is organized by the last name of the author; to browse by alphabet, click on a letter below:

A—D   E—H   I—R   S—Z

Manuscripts S—Z

• Sargent family. Sargent family papers, 1857-1909. (view details)
• Sawtell, George F., 1843-1864. Letter : from George F. Sawtell, Brandy Station, Va., to Emogene Sawtell, East Hardwick, Vt., 1864 May 3. (view details)
• Scott, Seth, 1792-1868. Fletcher and Cambridge, Vermont family and town records, 1780s-1890s. (view details )
• Scott, William, 1839-1862. Letter : from William Scott, Camp Griffin, Va., 1862 March 1. (view details)
• Scott, William, 1839-1862. William Scott Civil War letters, 1861-1862. (view details)
• Seaver family. Seaver family Civil War letters, 1863-1865. (view details)
• Sherman, Alva. Sherman-Safford papers, 1848-1907. (view details)
• Silsby, R. Dutton (Russell Dutton), 1829-1894. R. Dutton Silsby Civil War letters, 1862-1863. (view details )
• Simeon Stoddard's Civil War discharge certificate, 1864. (view details )
• Smith, Henry A., d. 1864. Correspondence of Henry A. Smith, 1861-1864. (view details)
• Smith, Martha V., 1858-1952 Vermont history and biography collection, 1926-1930s. (view details )
• Smith, William Farrar, 1824-1903. William Farrar Smith papers, 1849-1903. (view details)
• Sons of Veterans. Vermont Division. Lieutenant J. C. Blackmer Camp No. 60. Ladies Auxiliary No. 15. Sons of Veterans Ladies Auxiliary No. 15 minute book, 1913-1919. (view details)
• Spafford, Joseph, ca. 1838-1866. Joseph Spafford papers, 1859-1864. (view details)
• Spaulding, Stephen F., 1840-1863. Letter : from Stephen F. Spaulding, Algiers, La., to James S. Peck, Montpelier, Vt., 1862 July 8. (view details)
• Spooner, Irvin W. Letters of Irvin W. Spooner, 1862-1865. (view details)
• Spoor, W. B. Copy of a letter from W. B. Spoor to his brother, Austin Spoor, 1863 July 19. (view details)
• Stannard, George Jerrison, 1820-1886. Civil War documents, 1865. (view details )
• Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886. Letter, 1861 May 11 Henry Stevens, Jr., Hampstead, England to Governor Erastus Fairbanks, Montpelier, Vermont. (view details )
• Stoddard, James F., d. 1862. James F. Stoddard letters, 1862. (view details)
• Stone, Edward P., 1830-1920. Edward P. Stone letters, 1862-1863. (view details)
• Stone, Edward P., 1830-1920. Edward Stone, John M. Stone and F. J. Hill letters, 1861. (view details)
• Stone, Merritt H., 1843-1899. Merritt H. Stone Civil War letters, 1862-1864. (view details)
• Stoughton, Homer R., 1836-1902. Civil War recruiting letter, 1861. (view details )
• Tarbell, Joseph Parker. Joseph Tarbell papers, 1864-1865. (view details)
• Templeton, Hiram E. H. E. Templeton letters, 1862. (view details)
• Thayer, Esther M., b. ca. 1830. Esther M. Thayer correspondence, 1862-1865. (view details)
• Tillison, Dudley, fl. 1860-1864. Dudley Tillison letters, 1860-1864. (view details)
• Tower, Horace. Letter : from Horace Tower, Lewinsville, Va., to Frederick [?], 1861 October 20. (view details)
• Towle, Ransom W., d. 1864. Civil War correspondence of Ransom W. Towle, and Thomas N. Flanders, 1861-1865. (view details)
• Towle, Ransom W., d. 1864. Civil War diary of Ransom W. Towle, 1864. (view details)
• Town, Dexter B. Letter : from Dexter B. Town, New Orleans, La., to Joel Allen, 1864 January 2. (view details)
• Turner, Orlando S. Letters of Orlando S. Turner. (view details)
• United States. Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 17th. Muster-out roll of Co. F, 17th Vermont Regiment, 1865 July. (view details)
• United States. Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 3rd (1861-1865). Company F. Third Vermont Infantry Regiment clothing roster, 1861-1865 (view details )
• United States. Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 6th. Papers of the 6th Vermont Infantry, 1865-1868. (view details)
• United States. Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 6th. Co. F. Muster roll of Co. F, 6th Vermont Regiment, 1861 October 15. (view details)
• United States. Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 9th (1862-1865). Papers of the 9th Vermont Regiment, 1863-1865. (view details)
• Veazey, Wheelock Graves, 1835-1898. Wheelock Graves Veazey papers, 1853-1939 (bulk 1853-1894). (view details)
• Waite, Oscar E. Three years with the Tenth Vermont (view details )
• Waite, Oscar E. Three years with the Tenth Vermont, 1862-1865. (view details)
• Wallace, John S. T. (John Socrates Tuttle), 1835-1913. John S. T. Wallace letters, 1862-1867. (view details)
• Watts, Isaac N. Company roll of the 1st Vermont Artillery Regiment, 1865, (view details)
• Whitcher, Edwin P. Edwin P. Whitcher letters, 1861. (view details)
• White, Daniel S. Daniel S. White Civil War letters, 1861-1864. (view details)
• White, William, 1819-1904. Correspondence of William White, 1863-1866. (view details)
• Whitmore family photograph album, 1860s-1880s. (view details )
• Williams, John H., 1840-1872. Diary of John H. Williams, 1862-1863. (view details)
• Williams, Lyman S. Papers of Lyman S. Williams, 1861-1875. (view details)
• Willson, James, 1842-1863. James Willson papers, 1856-1882 (bulk: 1862-1863). (view details )
• Wilmot, John, 1842-1864. Letters of John Wilmot, 1862-1864. (view details)
• Wright family. Wright family papers, 1835-1962. (view details)