United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865

The Pruden family papers include correspondence and other personal papers; business records from Samuel Baldwin Pruden's businesses; and business records and correspondence from Dr. George W. Blakely.

The Thomas Angell military papers span from 1863 to 1900 and document Angell's participation in the National Guard, the 141st Ohio Infantry and the American Civil War.

The collection is a scrapbook entitled William F. Townsend's War Diary. It contains newspaper clippings from Pomeroy, Ohio's The Leader. The clippings contain of his reminisces about the Civil War.

The William McDonald Collection spans from 1859 to 1919 and includes mostly correspondence between McDonald and his family during his service in the American Civil War.

The William McKnight papers span from 1862 to 1864 and document McKnight’s time as an American Civil War soldier. The collection includes 108 letters, mostly between McKnight and his wife Samaria; a lock of McKnight’s hair; McKnight’s commission to 2nd Lieutenant; receipts; envelopes; a land transfer to McKnight; a paper written by son Thomas; obituary for Lucetta Tuckerman; and two Memorandum Account Books of Samaria’s.

Letters and photographs of Johnson and his family. He was a doctor and surgeon with the 18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and many letters report conditions of camp, battles, and treating wounded soldiers.