Thomas N. McClung papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2628
Scope and Contents
This collection includes thirty-four letters written by Thomas N. McClung while he was a Union soldier during the Civil War to his family. Also included are three photographs, one newspaper clipping, and a copy of the "History of the Seventeenth Indiana: It's Marches and Battles."
Dates
- 1861-1931
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
Thomas Nathan McClung was born in Indiana in 1845 and resided in Brick Mill, Sullivan County, Indiana before serving as a soldier during the U.S. Civil War in Co. I, 17th Indiana Regiment. He mustered in on 12 June 1861 as a private and mustered out on 8 August 1865 as a corporal.
Mr. McClung married Amanda J. Mayfield on January 19, 1867. They had one daughter. When Thomas N. McClung died in 1931 he was the last surviving member of Co. I.
Mr. McClung married Amanda J. Mayfield on January 19, 1867. They had one daughter. When Thomas N. McClung died in 1931 he was the last surviving member of Co. I.
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.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Item Listing
1861, May 12 Camp Morton, Indianapolis
1861, June 9 Camp Morton, Indianapolis
1861, July 7 Parkersburg, Virginia
1861, Nov. 13 Huttonville, West Virginia
1861, Dec. 4 Camp Buel
1861, Dec.-1862, Feb. Camp Wickliffe, Kentucky
1862, Mar. 28 Camp Andrew Jackson, Tennessee
1862, May 25 Camp near Corinth, Mississippi
1862, June 5 Camp near Bear Creek, Mississippi
1862, Sept. 13 Bowlinggreen[sic], Kentucky
1862, Dec. 15 Nashville, Tennessee
1863, Jan. 6 Nashville, Tennessee
1863, Feb. 2 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1863, Feb. 27 Camp near Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1863, Mar. 1 Louisville, Kentucky (letter torn)
1863, Mar. 12 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1863, Apr. 15 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1863, Apr. 30 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1863, June 13 Camp near Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1863, Aug. 2 Decherd, Tennessee
1863, Sept. 27 Camp near Chattanooga, Tennessee
1863, Nov. 10 Maysville, Alabama
1863, Dec. 9 Huntsville, Alabama
1864, Apr. 7 Louisville, Kentucky
1864, Apr. 21 Cave City, Kentucky
1864, May 30 Camp near Dalace [sic], Georgia
1864, July 6 Roswell Factory Marietta, Georgia
1864, Aug. 6 Camp near Atlanta, Georgia
1864, Sept. Camp in front of Atlanta, Georgia
1864, Nov. 16 Louisville, Kentucky
1864, Dec. 7 Louisville, Kentucky
1865, Jan. 19 Columbia, Tennessee
1865, Feb. 21 Gravelly Springs, Alabama
1865, May 18. Montgomery, Alabama
1865, July 1 Macon, Pennsylvania
1886 History of the Seventeenth Indiana: It's Marches and Battles
1931 Obituary for Thomas N. McClung
1860s Thomas N. McClung photograph
1860s Unknown McClung photograph
1928 Thomas N. McClung and Mary Jane Gray
1861, June 9 Camp Morton, Indianapolis
1861, July 7 Parkersburg, Virginia
1861, Nov. 13 Huttonville, West Virginia
1861, Dec. 4 Camp Buel
1861, Dec.-1862, Feb. Camp Wickliffe, Kentucky
1862, Mar. 28 Camp Andrew Jackson, Tennessee
1862, May 25 Camp near Corinth, Mississippi
1862, June 5 Camp near Bear Creek, Mississippi
1862, Sept. 13 Bowlinggreen[sic], Kentucky
1862, Dec. 15 Nashville, Tennessee
1863, Jan. 6 Nashville, Tennessee
1863, Feb. 2 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1863, Feb. 27 Camp near Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1863, Mar. 1 Louisville, Kentucky (letter torn)
1863, Mar. 12 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1863, Apr. 15 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1863, Apr. 30 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1863, June 13 Camp near Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1863, Aug. 2 Decherd, Tennessee
1863, Sept. 27 Camp near Chattanooga, Tennessee
1863, Nov. 10 Maysville, Alabama
1863, Dec. 9 Huntsville, Alabama
1864, Apr. 7 Louisville, Kentucky
1864, Apr. 21 Cave City, Kentucky
1864, May 30 Camp near Dalace [sic], Georgia
1864, July 6 Roswell Factory Marietta, Georgia
1864, Aug. 6 Camp near Atlanta, Georgia
1864, Sept. Camp in front of Atlanta, Georgia
1864, Nov. 16 Louisville, Kentucky
1864, Dec. 7 Louisville, Kentucky
1865, Jan. 19 Columbia, Tennessee
1865, Feb. 21 Gravelly Springs, Alabama
1865, May 18. Montgomery, Alabama
1865, July 1 Macon, Pennsylvania
1886 History of the Seventeenth Indiana: It's Marches and Battles
1931 Obituary for Thomas N. McClung
1860s Thomas N. McClung photograph
1860s Unknown McClung photograph
1928 Thomas N. McClung and Mary Jane Gray
Processing Information
Collection processing completed by Jill Costill Campbell. EAD finding aid created in 2004 by Elizabeth M. Wilkinson. EAD finding aid updated 2015/11/12 by Laura Eliason.
- Title
- Thomas N. McClung papers
- 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
