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Alan Cloe letters

Collection — Folder: S267

Identifier: S0267

Scope and Contents This collection includes seven letters from members of Alan Cloe's family, beginning in 1858 and concluding with a letter written in 1945. The first letter from John Frazier in Dublin, Indiana, was to his children and grandchildren, and was addressed to Joseph Hussey in Carmel, Indiana. He wrote: "we are getting very fearful of bank notes as banks are breaking." John Hussey wrote four letters during his Civil War service, in 1861 and 1862, from Kentucky. He served in Company F, 10th...

Dates: 1858-1873, 1945

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Albert Alyea diary

Collection — Folder: S018

Identifier: S0018

Scope and Contents This collection contains the diary of Albert Alyea. Included in the diary are notes about the birth and death dates of his family, his accounts with various stores, weather reports, his barn raising, and accounts of what he sold to other individuals. Alyea also uses the diary to write about his time spent in the Union Army during the Civil War. The diary also contains several additional items, including a newspaper clipping about new fishing laws, a real estate appraisal, and a newspaper...

Dates: 1861-1883

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Alfred Gude collection

Collection — Folder: S0556

Identifier: S0556

Scope and Contents This typed paper of Alfred Gude’s Civil War experiences tells of the awful conditions as a Union prisoner, of his three attempted escapes, and his final successful escape from Confederate captivity. After two years of hard fighting, Alfred was captured on May 3, 1863, near Rome, Georgia, by General Nathan Bedford Forrest and General Rody. As prisoners, the Union soldiers were sent to Atlanta, and then shipped to Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. In Libby, they were closely guarded for a...

Dates: 1949

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Andrew J. Johnson diary

Collection — Folder: S0722

Identifier: S0722

Scope and Contents The collection contains three copies of the typed transcript of Andrew J. Johnson's diaries, ranging form 1862 to 1865, transcribed by Ralph W. and Inez Jones Johnson from Greenwood, Indiana in 1961. The transcripts include a foreword with family history, a roster of Company I, 70th Indiana Regiment, and where the regiment served.

Dates: 1862-1865, 1961

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Asa E. Sample diary

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: S1136

Scope and Contents This collection includes 3 folders containing a photocopy of a 117-page diary from Asa E. Sample of Knightstown, Indiana, ranging from December 9, 1862 to December 21, 1863 regarding his experiences during the Civil War as an enlisted soldier with the 54th Infantry Regiment, Company E.

Dates: 1862-1863

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Aurelius M. Willoughby collection

Collection

Identifier: L303

Scope and Contents The collection consists of Aurelius Willoughby's Civil War diaries ranging from 1861 to 1865. Also included are discharge papers, memorabilia, and personal business papers dating from 1864 to 1917 and a manuscript history of Company H. 39th Indiana with photographs, circa 1910. The collection also includes 2 tintypes of Aurelius Willoughby, 32 cartes-de-visite depicting landmarks in Washington D.C., Georgia, and Niagra Falls, in addition to two portraits of Confederate General T. R. R. Cobb and...

Dates: 1861-1950

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

B. J. Warden Battle of Gettysburg personal narrative

Collection — Folder: S1361

Identifier: S1361

Scope and Contents The collection contains one document on three full sheets and one half sheet of green paper detailing B. J. Warden’s experience at the Battle of Gettysburg during the U.S. Civil War, July 1-4, 1863.July 1, 1863 B. J. Warden was in the 4th Brigade under John R. Brook, 1st Division, 2nd Corps. The men came from Centerville across the Potomac River. He was not in the first day’s fighting, on July 1, because they stopped for muster so payrolls could be made out. They arrived in...

Dates: 1863/07/01-1863/07/04

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Bailiff family papers

Collection — Folder: S0051

Identifier: S0051

Scope and Contents This collection includes a series of photocopied letters primarily between Daniel Bailiff and his wife, Harriet. The correspondence spans from 15 December 1861 to 10 August 1864. In addition, the collection has a copy of Bailiff’s discharge certificate from the Union Army, a brief history of Bailiff’s church, a money order from Bailiff to his brother, obituaries of Bailiff and his wife, and two newspaper articles about Bailiff’s son, Winthrop.

Dates: 1861-1935

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Beck family papers

Collection

Identifier: L133

Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence written by Elias W. H. Beck to his wife and father-in-law Samuel Milroy during the Mexican-American War and the Civil War. Also included are letters written from Walter Beck to Frances Keith during the Philippine Insurrections; Beck’s photography from the Philippines and Japan is also included.

Dates: 1827-1899

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Ben Albert letters

Collection — Folder: S010

Identifier: S0010

Scope and Contents This collection contains letters written by Ben Albert to his brother in 1862. Albert discusses life in the army, sending money and clothing home, and family life. Both letters are photocopied from the original. Due to the poor quality of the copy, transcripts are available.

Dates: 1862

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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Alan Cloe letters

Albert Alyea diary

Alfred Gude collection

Andrew J. Johnson diary

Asa E. Sample diary

Aurelius M. Willoughby collection

B. J. Warden Battle of Gettysburg personal narrative

Bailiff family papers

Beck family papers

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