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United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 75th (1862-1865)

 Organization

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

David L. Elliott collection

 Collection
Identifier: L051
Scope and Contents The collection contains U.S. Civil War materials of David L. Elliott. Included are family correspondence, discharge papers, family photographs, bible, receipts, distribution rolls, certificates, ribbons of reunions, political campaign badges, and a Civil War diary (1864–1865). The collection also contains a history of the Battle of Chickamauga by Captain J.C. McElroy. There is also an 1865 muster-out roll for the 75th Regiment and Warren County postmaster appointment certificates from 1898 and...
Dates: 1845-1910

George B. Dausman letters

 Collection
Identifier: V008
Scope and Contents This collection includes one volume from George B. Dausman in Indiana ranging from 1862 to 1863 regarding Civil War regimental history.
Dates: 1862-1863

John Upfold Pettit papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1058
Scope and Contents This collection includes original letters from John Upforld Pettit, ranging from 1840 to 1853, addressed to his brother, Milton Howard Pettit, including several while serving as American consul at Maranham, Brazil (1850-1853). Also included is Pettit's 1979 publication, "Answer to the Toast, The Old Psi Upsilon."

There are also newspapers, ranging from 1797 to 1865 (OBC062).
Dates: 1797-1879

Kellogg and Plessinger family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1480
Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence and documents of the Kellogg and Plessinger families ranging from 1832 to 1920. There are a large number of letters from Francis Nelson Kellogg to his parents and sister while serving with Company K, 75th Indiana Regiment during the U.S. Civil War and typewritten transcriptions of most of his letters; letters from Benjamin F. Wiley and James B. Plessinger while they were serving in the war; and a letter and two invoices from J. W. Keely, acting assistant...
Dates: 1832-1920

Pleasant Wheeldon Civil War pension claim

 Collection — Folder: S1389
Identifier: S1389
Scope and Contents This collection includes a photocopy of Pleasant Wheeldon's documents for his petition for an increase to his U.S. Civil War veteran's pension, in Scipio, Indiana, ranging from 1888 to 1907, due to chronic illnesses resulting from his service during the war.
Dates: 1888-1907