United States. Army
Organization
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
B. J. Warden Battle of Gettysburg personal narrative
Collection — Folder: S1361
Identifier: S1361
Scope and Contents
The collection contains one document on three full sheets and one half sheet of green paper detailing B. J. Warden’s experience at the Battle of Gettysburg during the U.S. Civil War, July 1-4, 1863.July 1, 1863 B. J. Warden was in the 4th Brigade under John R. Brook, 1st Division, 2nd Corps. The men came from Centerville across the Potomac River. He was not in the first day’s fighting, on July 1, because they stopped for muster so payrolls could be made out. They arrived in...
Dates:
1863/07/01-1863/07/04
Carl E. Austin collection
Collection
Identifier: L275
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documents related to the Austin family. Items include a school journal, songs and poems written by Carl Austin, Sr. A miscellaneous folder also contains a card from the Progressive Spiritualist Church, his work done during elementary school and a memo listing the owners of 340 W. 30th Street from 1930 to 1961.This collection also contains information about his son, Carl E. Austin, Jr. This includes his military service records, notes taken while a student at...
Dates:
1913-1961
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Carl E. Austin collection
Cass County collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1653
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a November 3, 1869 letter certifying that Rev. H. F. Miller was appointed fianancial secretary of Smithson College and was authorized to solicit funds for the Logansport institution; accounts, receipts and other documents ranging from 1869 to 1871 regarding the construction of the county jail and sheriff's residence; a May 29, 1889 application for natural gas to be used by D. D. (David Darwin) Dyeman; a circa 1888 document of the Dykeman, Wilson and Taber law office;...
Dates:
1846-1983
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Cass County collection
Civil War lantern slides
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: P014
Scope and Contents
This collection includes glass lantern slides in the United States ranging from circa 1861 to 1864 regarding the U.S. Civil War, with images of maps, forts, battles, military ordnance, and prominent politicians and military leaders.
Dates:
circa 1861-1864
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Civil War lantern slides
Civil War paper soldiers
Collection — Folder: S3145
Identifier: S3145
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of five paper soldiers--likely Union soldiers in the Civil War from the late 19th century. Four of them are the same soldier aiming a gun and the fifth soldier is standing face-forward holding a sword.
Dates:
19th century
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Civil War paper soldiers
Civil War pension claim book
Collection — Volume: 270
Identifier: V270
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a record book used to document information ranging from 1887 to 1891 regarding pension claims in Clark County, Indiana. Most claims are identified with either Maring and Slusher or Maring, Slusher and Company, but a few note Evans, Jewel and Company as the claimant's representative. A number of the claims are for soldiers who had served in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois regiments. There are more than 30 claims by African-American soldiers and widows regarding...
Dates:
1887-1891
Civil War travel passes
Collection — Folder: S2561
Identifier: S2561
Scope and Contents
This collection includes travel passes to various individuals during the Civil War by members of the United States Army from 1861 to 1862.
Dates:
1861-1862
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Civil War travel passes
Claude M. Gray papers
Collection
Identifier: L540
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, military documents, a diary, photographs and postcards, realia, and other papers from Claude M. Gray in Indiana, the United States, and France, ranging from 1910 to 1948, regarding his education at Rose Polytechnic Institute, his service during World War I, and daily life.Military records include telegrams, transport orders, and bulletins, pay record book, tickets, and identification cards, as well as Gray's World War I diary, World War I...
Dates:
1910-1948
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Claude M. Gray papers
Donald Barneclo photograph album
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: P073
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photograph album from Donald Barneclo in Indianapolis, Indiana; Bourges, Paris and other places in France, 1918-1919 regarding Indianapolis street scenes, Barneclo in uniform, sights in France during and after World War I, tickets from sightseeing and travel, a telegram, snapshots of other soldiers and military life, the battlefields in France, destruction from war, including the damge to Reims Cathedral, and casualties.There are also photographs from...
Dates:
1889-circa 1950
Harland L. Osgatharp collection
Collection
Identifier: L120
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Harland L. Osgatharp’s diaries during World War II from January 1942 to December 1945. The diaries describe Osgatharp’s work in Civilian Conservation Corps camps, his enlistment, training, service in military hospitals, and his return to Otwell, Indiana. Also included in the diaries are his reminiscences of service in World War I. The collection also contains an undated address book.
Dates:
1942-1945
