Civil War: 1861, The War Between the States, 1865
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
- United States Postal Service (Publisher, Organization)
Language of Material
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
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Extent
1 folder (1 perforated sheet of 20 U.S. postage stamps (.32 each)) : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Inventory of the Civil War: 1861, The War Between the States, 1865, 1995
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Special Collections staff; finding aid created by: Special Collections staff
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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