Local Primary Resources: The Civil War Era & Late 19th Century

Chester County Historical Society

• County Store Ledger, 1895
• Mt. Nebo Gravestone, 1882

Fairfield Museum Boyd Family Bible, slave births listed

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Fairfield Museum Confederate Money

• Money in 1864
• Money issued from each state
• Confederacy Money Poem (Page 1)
• Confederacy Money Poem (Page 2)

Fairfield Museum Letter to daughter, 1861

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Fairfield Museum Letter to Patsy, 1862

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Fairfield Museum

• List of residences burned by Sherman in Winnsboro
• SC Institute Fair
• War bond, 1861
• Slavery Bill of Sale
• Radical members of the SC Legislature, 1868
• Secession Notice
• General John Bratton, Fairfield County’s only Confederate General

Lancaster Library

• Letter from son to father, June 11, 1861
• Letter from son to mother w/ envelope included, August 12, 1863
• Civil War Letter, 1861
• Civil War Letter, 1861
• Civil War Letter, 1863
• Masonic Lodge Members, 1900

Lancaster Library Estate auction, 1859
Interesting list of items from an estate sale: shoes, furniture, edible goods, etc. Page 3 even contains the amount paid for slaves, including single young men, women, and families.

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Museum of Western York County

• Slave loan agreement, 1864
• Slave transfer, 1861