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James F. Simpson family papers

Collection

Identifier: L355

Scope and Contents This collection includes hand-written correspondence, newspaper clippings, real estate and insurance papers, photographs, family history, and account books from James F. Simpson ranging from 1810 to 1942, regarding life, business, Switzerland County, and Civil War veterans, pensions, battles, and reunions. Notable items include barbed wire from Fort Pompelle in France and 6th Indiana regiment flag fragments.

Dates: 1810-1942

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

James P. Deal collection

Collection — Folder: S0345

Identifier: S0345

Scope and Contents This collection includes a military discharge certificate for James P. Deal from the U.S. Civil War on September 21, 1864 and a certificate from the U.S. Bureau of Pensions to Celestine Deal on June 13, 1890.

Dates: 1864, 1890

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Joel W. McGrew collection

Collection — Folder: S3091

Identifier: S3091

Scope and Contents This collection contains the military service records and pension claims of Captain Joel W. McGrew. Materials date from 1861-1892. Papers include officer's commissions, discharges, pension claims and approvals, amongst others.

Dates: 1861-1892

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

John Dragoo collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: S0374

Scope and Contents Collection consists primarily of Civil War letters, other correspondence, newspaper clippings, writings, and receipts from John Dragoo and the Dragoo family in Indiana, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Oklahoma, and Washington, D.C. ranging from 1861 to 1929, regarding military service, current events, family news, and daily life.

Dates: 1861-1929

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

John McGregor letters

Collection — Folder: S888

Identifier: S0888

Scope and Contents The collection contains two passes issued to John McGregor while he was serving in the Civil War. The other two documents deal with his pension eligibility following the Civil War.

Dates: 1864-1892

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

John Wesley Williams papers

Collection — Folder: S2550

Identifier: S2550

Scope and Contents This collection contains documents regarding the Civil War service of John Wesley Williams and Thomas Sumner, including an 1862 muster roll for Company C, 20th Indiana Regiment; a September 27, 1862 general order by Brigadier General E. Dumont from the headquarters at Louisville; an August 14, 1862 certificate of appointment of Thomas Sumner as 1st lieutenant and adjutant of the 87th Indiana Regiment signed by Governor Oliver P. Morton; documents regarding Sumner's discharge for disability...

Dates: 1862-1898

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Joseph Griffin papers

Collection — Folder: S543

Identifier: S0543

Scope and Contents This collection includes photocopies of official marriage and pension records and depositions from individuals and local, state and federal government in Indiana and Washington, D.C. ranging from 1860-1913 regarding the pension records of Joseph Griffin.

Dates: 1860-1913

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Monroe D'Antignas collection of Civil War veterans claims

Collection — Folder: S2614

Identifier: S2614

Scope and Contents The collection includes original papers of seven soldiers seeking back pay for their service in the Civil War. The hand-written documents and letters compile these applications for back pay and bounty, submitted to the U. S. Treasury. Some papers were prepared by attorneys, and some were written by the applicant himself. There are also some muster sheets, correspondence, filled-in forms, and depositions.

Dates: 1864-1866

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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James F. Simpson family papers

James P. Deal collection

Joel W. McGrew collection

John Dragoo collection

John McGregor letters

John Wesley Williams papers

Joseph Griffin papers

Kellogg and Plessinger family papers

Monroe D'Antignas collection of Civil War veterans claims

Pleasant Wheeldon Civil War pension claim

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