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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 478 Collections and/or Records:

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

Albert Gallatin Porter papers

 Collection
Identifier: L125
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence from Albert Gallatin Porter and others in Indianapolis, Indiana and elsewhere; newspaper clippings; speeches; autographed notes and manuscripts; and printed Congressional bills ranging from 1804 to 1928, regarding Porter's political career; biographies; historical subjects; his manuscript and indices.

There are also oversize Internal Improvement Loan stock document and newspaper clippings, ranging from 1838 July to 1888 May (OBC146).
Dates: circa 1804-1928, undated

Albert H. Graves papers

 Collection — Folder S533
Identifier: S0533
Scope and Contents This collection includes photocopies of autographed, signed letters from Albert H. Graves and L. S. Chittenden in Louisiana ranging from 1863/05/15 to 1864/06/24 regarding military life and the death of Albert H. Graves.
Dates: 1863-1864

Albert S. Wright papers

 Collection — Folder S1458
Identifier: S1458
Scope and Contents This collection includes discharge papers for Albert S. Wright in Indiana on 1865/07/06 regarding Wright's dischargement from the Company C of the 72nd Regiment of Indiana Infantry Volunteers.
Dates: 1865/07/06

Alexander Abernathy memoir

 Collection — Folder S002
Identifier: S0002
Scope and Contents The collection consists a two-page, typewritten photocopy of Alexander Abernathy's Civil War memoir and the history of the 9th Indiana Cavalry, 121st Indiana Regiment.
Dates: 1861-1865

Alexander Lydy biographical sketch

 Collection — Folder S0859
Identifier: S0859
Scope and Contents This collection contains a one-page typewritten biographical sketch of Alexander Lydy written by his granddaughter, Dorothy Schroeder, circa 1966. Besides basic biographical information, Schroeder mentions some of the battles that Lydy was involved in while serving in the Union army during the Civil War and his experience with the "Providence Spring" at Andersonville Prison in Georgia.
Dates: circa 1966

Alonzo W. Weathers portrait

 Collection — Folder OBC200
Identifier: OBC200
Scope and Contents This collection includes one portrait of Private Alonzo W. Weathers, 24th Regiment, at 18 years of age.
Dates: circa 1864

Alva C. Griest papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0542
Scope and Contents This collection includes from a photocopy of "Three Years in Dixie," a history of Company B, 72nd Indiana Volunteers by Alva C. Griest in Indiana ranging from 1862 to 1865.
Dates: 1862/07/26-1865/07/06

Ambrose A. Stevens letter

 Collection — Folder S3322
Identifier: S3322
Scope and Contents This collection includes an October 23, 1863 letter written by Ambrose A. Stevens and sent to his father from the Invalid Corps headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana during the American Civil War. He mentions that he had been placed in command of Camp Morton to guard 2,300 Rebel prisoners and that he had his "hands about full." He also mentions the price of butter and cheese and notes that these items are miserable in the local market.
Dates: 1863/10/23

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