Josiah C. Williams collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1427
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises typed transcripts of letters, military documents, and narratives from Josiah C. Williams in Indiana and the United States to his family, along with a few letters from E. R. Brown and family members, ranging from 1850 to 1887 and undated, regarding family life, personal business, his second trip to the East (circa 1850), service during the U.S. Civil War, and the history of the 27th Indiana Regiment and its veterans, as well as those from Warren County, Indiana.
Williams wrote about his second trip to the east. Among the things he left behind were "the Indiana Republican meetings where the bold friends of country and freedom turn out in their thousands." The journey ended at Poughkeepsie, which might have been the home of his grandfather. The other documents are typed letters written by Williams during his Civil War service. He wrote to his brother, father, parents, grandfather, and sister. Several letters were written to Williams. Among the battles he wrote about were: Shenandoah Valley, Front Royal, Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run, and Harpers Ferry.
In the second folder are letters from January 1863 to May 1887, including some undated and partial letters. After the Battle of Gettysburg, he wrote on July 27, 1863: "Gettysburgh was an awful fight the boys saying it was more trific than anything they ever saw which is emphatically some. Men laying in piles our Reg't losing one hundred in about thre minutes in a charge made upon the Breast-works." On June 14, 1886, Williams sent a letter to the editor of Century Magazine concerning General Lee's lost order No. 191. In his letter dated May 15, 1887, he recalls to his sister Gertrude about the fighting 23 years ago in May, when Stonewall Jackson was killed.
Williams wrote about his second trip to the east. Among the things he left behind were "the Indiana Republican meetings where the bold friends of country and freedom turn out in their thousands." The journey ended at Poughkeepsie, which might have been the home of his grandfather. The other documents are typed letters written by Williams during his Civil War service. He wrote to his brother, father, parents, grandfather, and sister. Several letters were written to Williams. Among the battles he wrote about were: Shenandoah Valley, Front Royal, Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run, and Harpers Ferry.
In the second folder are letters from January 1863 to May 1887, including some undated and partial letters. After the Battle of Gettysburg, he wrote on July 27, 1863: "Gettysburgh was an awful fight the boys saying it was more trific than anything they ever saw which is emphatically some. Men laying in piles our Reg't losing one hundred in about thre minutes in a charge made upon the Breast-works." On June 14, 1886, Williams sent a letter to the editor of Century Magazine concerning General Lee's lost order No. 191. In his letter dated May 15, 1887, he recalls to his sister Gertrude about the fighting 23 years ago in May, when Stonewall Jackson was killed.
Dates
- 1850-1887
Creator
- Williams, Josiah C., -1900 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Josiah C. Williams was from Putnamville, Indiana. His grandfather was Rev. Isaac Reed, an early Presbyterian missionary. Williams was captain of Company G, 27th Indiana Regiment during the U.S. Civil War. Williams was wounded by a musket ball duirng the war.
Extent
0.02 Cubic Feet (2 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Fairbanks Memorial Library, Terre Haute, Indiana, on 1934/12/15.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing and finding aid completed 2015/05/01 by Nikki Stoddard Schofield. EAD findign aid revised 2024/07/02 by Brittany Kropf.
Creator
- Williams, Josiah C., -1900 (Person)
- Title
- Josiah C. Williams collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
