Civil War: 1861, The War Between the States, 1865, 1995
Collection Overview
This sheet of commemorative stamps honors the Monitor and the Virginia, Shiloh, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and sixteen individuals who were important in the Civil War: Robert E. Lee, Clara Barton, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, David Farragut, Frederick Douglass, Raphael Semmes, Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, Stand Watie, Joseph E. Johnston, Winfield Hancock, Mary Chesnut, William T. Sherman, Phoebe Pember, and "Stonewall" Jackson. Details for each stamp appear on the back of the stamp. Of special attention for South Carolina are Mary Boykin Chesnut and Charleston native Phoebe Pember, a Jewish Confederate nurse in charge of the dietary needs of over 10,000 soldiers at the Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, Virginia.
Dates
- Creation: 1995
Creator
- From the Collection: United States Postal Service (Publisher, Organization)
Language of Material
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 1 folder (1 perforated sheet of 20 U.S. postage stamps (.32 each)) : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
Special Collections
College of Charleston Libraries
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Charleston South Carolina 29424
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