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James C. Vanderbilt collection

Collection

Identifier: L547

Scope and Contents The collection consists of Civil War letters from James C. Vanderbilt to his mother and aunt in New Albany, Indiana, ranging from 1861 to 1868, written while serving in Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia.

Dates: 1861-1868

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

James Ferguson papers

Collection — Folder: S457

Identifier: S0457

Scope and Contents This collection includes an autographed, signed letter from James Ferguson in Clay County, Indiana on 1861/12/22 regarding the effects of the war on life and comments on President Lincoln, his cabinet and generals.

Dates: 1861/12/22

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

James H. Dixon letter

Collection — Folder: S179

Identifier: S0179

Scope and Contents This collection includes one copy of a letter from James H. Dixon of Montgomery Township, Jennings County, Indiana from Lafayette, Tennessee on April 16, 1865 regarding his supper, the death of President Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, the end of the U.S. Civil War, and family matters.

Dates: 1865/04/16

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

James H. St John diary

Collection — Folder: S1235

Identifier: S1235

Scope and Contents This colleciton comprises a transcribed and typed diary from James H. St. John in 1863, concerning his service with the 83rd Indiana Regiment during the U.S. Civil War.

Dates: 1863

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

James L. Wheelock collection

Collection — Folder: S1938

Identifier: S1938

Scope and Contents This collection includes eleven letters written by James L. Wheelock during his service with the 113th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the U.S. Civil War. Ranging from October 1862 to August 1863, the letters were sent to his father and to William Winslow from camps in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. The collection also includes two letters sent to Mr. Winslow on October 11, 1863 by Captain Levi Nichols and George W. Brigham of the 113th regarding Wheelock's death and a November 22, 1863...

Dates: 1862-1863

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

James M. Hart Civil War diary

Collection — Folder: S0604

Identifier: S0604

Scope and Contents The collection consists of a 25-page typed manuscript created by Jerry M. Easley in 1974, containing the typed transcript of the James Hart diary dated 1863. The document includes 7 pages of introductory materials with background information on the 7th Indiana Regiment and the battles, campaigns, and military engagements in which the regiment and Hart participated, including Battles of Port Republic, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Bristoe, Wilderness, Laurel Hill and Spotsylvania.

Dates: 1863, 1974

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

James M. VanHook collection

Collection

Identifier: L308

Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence and documents compiled by James M. VanHook during his activities with the Freemasons, the Samuel Simonson Post No. 226 of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), and the Clark County Historical Society (1783-1917). The collection includes land grants, indentures, and other legal documents from Charlestown and Clark County, Indiana; biographical and historical sketches; historical information about Blazing Star Masonic Lodge and the Charlestown Methodist...

Dates: 1796-1907, undated

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

James McLaughlin papers

Collection — Folder: S2504

Identifier: S2504

Scope and Contents This collection consists of photocopies of three letters from or about James McLaughlin ranging from 1863 to 1865, during his military service in the U.S. Civil War. The first letter dated May 11, 1863 is a handwritten transcription of McLaughlin's missive to his father and wife, Phebe, concerning running the blockage at Vicksburg. The second document is communication from Major J.C. Robinson at Raleigh, North Carollina, dated April 24, 1864, to the trustees of the 3rd Ward, Zanesville, Ohio,...

Dates: 1863-1865

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

James Nelson Shepherd collection

Collection

Identifier: L311

Scope and Contents This collection contains James Nelson Shepherd's Bible (1855); his pocket diary (1861-1866) with entries from his service in the Civil War and his personal accounts; his letters to his fiancée, Arminda Rhyan of New Goshen, Vigo County, Indiana and a couple of her needlepoint items, with one using human hair (1860-1862); Civil War letters to Shepherd from his brothers, Thomas E. Shepherd of the 31st Indiana and Edgar M. Shepherd from home (1862); Shepherd's farm ledgers (1864-1866), including...

Dates: 1855-1958, undated

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

James O. Walton collection

Collection — Folder: S1355

Identifier: S1355

Scope and Contents This collection includes typed copies of letters which James O. Walton sent to his wife Mary Ann ranging from February 1864 to January 1865 during the American Civil War, with information about military life, Generals William Sherman and John Bell Hood, the presidential election, and health.

Dates: 1864-1865

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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James C. Vanderbilt collection

James Ferguson papers

James H. Dixon letter

James H. St John diary

James L. Wheelock collection

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James Nelson Shepherd collection

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