United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Amory K. Allen letters
Collection — Folder S016
Identifier: S0016
Scope and Contents
This collections contains letters (copy) written by Amory K. Allen to his wife during the Civil War. They were photo statically copied in 1935 by the Indiana State Library and were published in the Indiana Magazine of History in December of that same year. In these letters, Allen tells his wife about life as a soldier. In his last letter, he complains of a shoulder wound he received while serving in the Union Army. He also briefly mentions the death of President Lincoln, and how he had been...
Dates:
1861-1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Amory K. Allen letters
Henry Clay Loveland collection
Collection — Folder S2503
Identifier: S2503
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies and typed transcriptions of Civil War letters and documents written by and about Henry Clay Loveland and his parents, Ebenezer and Jane. The first item is an 1850 certificate of membership to the American Legal Association for Ebenezer P. Loveland. On April 27, 1862, Clay wrote to his family from Pittsburg Landing, where the Battle of Shiloh had been fought on April 7 and 8. He arrived after the fighting. Their trip from St. Louis took 75 hours. He tells...
Dates:
1850-1970
