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

Photographs of Civil War soldiers with ties to Niagara Falls, the Civil War Soldiers Monument, and reading Civil War reenactment held at Oakwood Cemetery (reproductions and original). Includes donor information.

Letters from a Darien, NY mother to her solider son discussing the Civil War and assassination of President Lincoln (04/18/1865 and 05/07/1865) [originals]

An article from the Civil War Times about the battle of Cold Harbor [original]

Two copies of a letter from Brainard E. Prescott inviting a Miss Williams to the Buffalo and Erie County Civil War Centennial Banquet (03/13/1961) [originals]

Photocopies of Remiscences of a Veteran and Translated Tales from the Spanish and French by MJ Crawford

An image of Fort Porter with a history of the Fort on the reverse and a copy of a newspaper clipping about the retirement of Fort Porter [original and photocopy]

Photocopies of clippings and obituaries documenting the lives of World War I veteran Frank L. Gaffney and Civil War veteran Charles Francis Sanscranite, documenting Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, and researcher correspondence

Two mounted and sleeved copies of General Ulysses S. Grant at the Cataract House with his family

Two duplicate versions of a poster for "a memorial to perpetuate the remembrance of the heroes of the Empire State, who fell fighting for the Union, or died in rebel prisons, in military hospitals or at their homes in the years 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65." The lithograph shows an obelisk monument with Niagara Falls in the background. One version is marked #117 in lower left corner. Includes oversized materials

Exemptions from civil war military service for Edward Rhodes and certificate of authenticity for a captured German Mauser and Single Shot German Rifle