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

Letters from the 1800s addressed to Mrs. Viola Whitehead

A booklet about "Billy Sherman", a confederate horse captured by Union soldiers from Niagara County in the Civil War. Published by the Wilson Historical Society. [original]

Photocopied newspaper clipping reviewing Dunn's book Full Measure of Devotion: The Eighth New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery.

Box containing various late 1800s early 1900s badges and medals, along with accompanying paperwork

Notification that V.M. Porter has been drafted into the Union army (1863), certificate of exemption (1863), and letters concerning the draft

Newspaper insert for NY Volunteers and Militia records. Includes oversized materials.

Box contains matted photographs of various sizes showing power companies, railroad lines, mills, Civil War soldiers, stores and businesses including the Carborundum Company and local stores, Canadian islands, Gaskill's Mill and the "Gargling Oil" among other topics.

Soldiers Monument move description (original), Description of monument erections (original), Removal of historic stone chimney from Carborundum plant (original), Correspondence about monuments (original), Descendants and Veterans of America's Wars Bicentennial note (original), Rededication of NF Civil War monument (original), WWI monument dedication program (original)

Copies of photos of Soldiers Monuments (photocopies)

Niagara-on-the-Lake as a Confederate Refuge (1866-1869) by Nicholas Rescher, with cooperation of The Niagara Historical Society, 2003.