Subject: Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives

Three-page letter written by Isaac Hart in New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 29, 1862, to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hart describes High Holiday services at the Portuguese and Polish synagogues in New Orleans and details the new Jewish burial ground. He was a successful merchant and former president of Congregation Sherith Israel.

Four-page letter written on April 18, 1865, from Mrs. Moran to her son, Hugh A. Moran, in Danville, Kentucky. The letter discusses a visit to a Lexington, Kentucky synagogue with Minerva Gratz, the Lincoln assassination, and the shooting of Confederate Major Turner. The original envelope is included.

A single-sheet letter written by Rose I. Moses on May 21, 1867, from Columbus, Georgia, to Isaac Leeser. Moses discusses the activities of her Sabbath school, inquiries about a fund Leeser is raising, and orders three Hebrew books. The letter reveals her familial connections to the Moses family of Columbus, Georgia, whose male members served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Her father-in-law, Raphael Moses, and her husband, Raphael J. Moses (who served on the Merrimack), are mentioned. The letter also mentions Congregation B'nai Israel's Sabbath school, founded in 1857.

A letter dated August 26, 1861, written from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by an individual named Tom to his sister. The letter discusses the Civil War, including the mobilization of troops and the commissioning of Lyon Levy Emanuel as a Second Lieutenant in Colonel Williams' regiment. The writer also mentions a ship launch and other family news.

Trade card, circa 1885, related to Bloomingdale Brothers. The card mentions Lyman Bloomingdale's background, including his birth in New York City in 1841, his parents (Benjamin and Hannah Weil Bloomingdale), his education, and his service in the Kansas Volunteers during the Civil War. The card also indicates that Lyman and his brother Joseph were trained in the retailing of ladies' clothing in their father's store. The information is incomplete due to the fragment nature of the card.