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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 514 Collections and/or Records:

Lazarus Noble collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2702
Scope and Contents The collection contains Lazarus Noble’s business correspondence and papers from 1860 to 1869, undated, when Noble lived in Indianapolis, Indiana. Included are correspondence relating to the Indianapolis Copper Mining Company for which Noble was an investor. Also included are letters regarding business interests in Vincennes; requests for assistance in obtaining state and federal appointments; a 1865 family vacation to Montreal (Canada); and U.S. Civil War related letters.
Dates: 1860-1869, undated

Leeson family papers

 Collection — Folder S1301
Identifier: S1301
Scope and Contents This collection comprises wartime letters and a document ranging from 1813 to 1865, concerning members of the Leeson family. One letter and a document concern Lieutenant __ Leeson and necessary supplies during the War of 1812. Three other letters are from Henry Clay Leeson to family regarding his military service at Vicksburg, as well as Fort Gibson, Grand Gulf, and Magnolia Bluffs, during the U.S. Civil War in 1863. There is also a letter to Major Moses D. Leeson of the 5th Indiana Cavalry on...
Dates: 1813-1865

Lennie M. Berkey collection

 Collection — Folder S0111
Identifier: S0111
Scope and Contents This collection includes a 13-page, typed biography of Mary Adaline Brock, written by daughter Lennie Martin Berkey in 1941, covering Mary's life from her birth in 1858 through the Civil War period. Also included is a 2-page note written in 1943 by Lennie, with additional recollections of her mother during this time period, including a memory of Morgan's Raid during the U.S. Civil War.
Dates: 1858-1943

Letter on W.K. Helvic

 Collection — Folder S3147
Identifier: S3147
Scope and Contents This letter concerns the service of the Union soldier W.K. Helvic. It describes his service near Washington D.C. until September 5th, 1862, and his stay in a regiment hospital near Antietam, Maryland, for treatment of diarrhea and bilious fevers. The letter then describes his service assignments as a wagoner at Hay Market, Virginia and Thoroughfare Gap.
Dates: 1862/09/05

Levi D. Massie letters

 Collection — Folder S0909
Identifier: S0909
Scope and Contents This collection includes four letters from Levi D. Massie in Virginia to Kate Massie ranging from 1864 to 1864, regarding his service in the Confederate army during the U.S. Civil War. There is also another letter sent to Levi D. Massie from C. Robs dated December 9, 1865 concerning surveying and his horse.
Dates: 1864-1865

Levi L. Levering Civil War diary

 Collection — Folder S3334
Identifier: S3334
Scope and Contents This collection includes a diary from Levi L. Levering ranging from 1865/02/01 to 1865/05/17 regarding his time in the U.S. Civil War as a musician.
Dates: 1865

Lew Wallace collection

 Collection
Identifier: L173
Scope and Contents The collection primarily consists of Lew Wallace’s military papers from September 1862, relating to the defense of Cincinnati, Ohio and northern Kentucky. Included is correspondence from Wallace and his staff regarding the defense and administration of the area, report on the defense of the Ohio River, and additional reports and official papers. The collection does contain some miscellaneous letters following Wallace’s armed service and a fragment of his memoir.
Dates: 1848-1905

Lew Wallace letters

 Collection — Folder S2323
Identifier: S2323
Scope and Contents This collection contains 4 letters written by Lew Wallace while he served as colonel of the 11th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. The first letter is dated May 2, 1861 and was sent to Indiana Governor Oliver P. Morton from headquarters regarding tendering his regiment for 3 years service. The remaining letters were sent from Wallace Barracks in Indianapolis and include a letter sent to John Vajen, Quarter-Master General of Indiana, regarding boot purchases for Wallace's men (May 4, 1861); a letter...
Dates: 1861

Lewis B. Jessup diary

 Collection
Identifier: S2165
Scope and Contents This collection contains a photocopy of the Lewis B. Jessup diary. The first half of the diary was written while Jessup was a soldier with the 24th Indiana Volunteer Infantry stationed in Galveston, Texas. The first part of the diary focuses on troop movements and camp life and also contains short biographies on some of the men in his unit. The style of the diary changes after his return to Indiana in late 1865 and focuses on his daily life. The diary also contains: a March 1868 land rental...
Dates: 1861-1910

Lloyd Whitmer collection

 Collection — Folder S1859
Identifier: S1859
Scope and Contents This collection includes two typewritten copies of "The Change - From Buns to Bobs: A Study of Modes of Hairdressing on Ladies in Tell City Fifty Years Ago (1920-1930)," a report and program given by Lloyd Whitmer to the Tell City Historical Society in October 1975. The report includes an appendices containing typewritten transcriptions of the 1925 Saturday Evening Post article, "Erstwhile Crowning Glory"; excerpts of the articles "Why I...
Dates: 1961-1975