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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:

Robert G. Bradshaw, Delphi, Indiana photograph collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP133
Scope and Contents This collection includes black-and-white print photographs, many taken by photographer A. W. Wolever, with extensive typed descriptions from Robert G. Bradshaw on the backs. The images are from Delphi, Indiana ranging from circa 1864 to 1933, showing public buildings and spaces, businesses, churches, homes, streets, and the public square. There are also a few photographs with people, including a group portrait of the Graham brothers and a reunion of Civil War veterans from the 72nd Indiana...
Dates: 1864-1933

Robert H. Milroy letter

 Collection — Folder S0967
Identifier: S0967
Scope and Contents This collection contains an October 14, 1861 letter written by Col. Robert H. Milroy and addressed to the editors of the Cincinnati Daily Times regarding an October 8th article that mentioned that "The Seventh Indiana broke and ran, their officers endeavoring in vain to stop them" during the Battle of Greenbrier on October 3rd. Milroy, a colonel serving with the 9th Indiana Volunteers during the battle, declared that the statement was incorrect and the...
Dates: 1861/10/14

Robert H. Scott collection

 Collection — Folder S1157
Identifier: S1157
Scope and Contents This collection includes six copied pages, including his pension papers, newspaper clippings, and military tintype portrait, ranging from 1861 to 1912, regarding Robert H. Scott’s Civil War service record and his burial in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Dates: 1861-1912

Robert M. Kidwell "Hoosier Volunteer" poem

 Collection — Folder S0775
Identifier: S0775
Scope and Contents This collection contains a photocopy of a handwritten poem, "Hoosier Volunteer," composed by Robert M. Kidwell and dated October 26, 1861. Kidwell was a private in Company E, 34th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and he wrote the poem shortly after enlisting and sent it to his mother as a remembrance of him.
Dates: 1861/10/26

Robert M. Shields letters

 Collection — Folder S2687
Identifier: S2687
Scope and Contents This collection includes 5 letters from Robert M. Shields to his brother and sister and one letter to him in Helena, Arkansas and from the Steamer Lela May ranging from 1862 to 1863 regarding the movements and activities of his company and their camp conditions.
Dates: 1862-1863

Robert Sanford Foster collection

 Collection — Folder S3337
Identifier: S3337
Scope and Contents This collection includes items pertaining to Robert Sanford Foster, including a 3-page, typed biography by Nikki Schofield for the Sons of Union Veterans program at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana on May 27, 2013; a copy of a photograph of Foster in his Union uniform; a plot map of section 15, lot 11 of Crown Hill Cemetery showing the place of internment for the Foster family; two lot internment orders for Clarence M. Foster (1930) and Mary Roberts Foster (1934); and copies of two...
Dates: 1973-2013

Robert W. McBride papers

 Collection
Identifier: L288
Scope and Contents The collection contains some correspondence and a large number of speeches of Robert McBride. There are also some papers regarding the Union Light Guard as well as a pamphlet written by McBride and several drafts of his manuscript for Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln. A small amount of legal papers and papers relating to the Waterloo Rifle Company and Wheelway League are also included. Various membership and appointment certificates are...
Dates: 1863-1926

Robinson and Branham families collection

 Collection — Folder S1128
Identifier: S1128
Scope and Contents This collection includes twenty-three letters and documents of the Robinson and Branham families of Madison, Indiana, beginning with a list of purchases and costs in 1839, and ending with a funeral notice dated 1891. Two letters are undated but were written during the Civil War. A third undated letter was addressed to Miss Rebecca G. Robinson in Dayton, Alabama, after Mobile was crossed off. One of the documents is for the discharge for William H. Robinson who was in the 10th Regiment of...
Dates: 1839-1891

Rodney Jeger letters

 Collection — Folder S2905
Identifier: S2905
Scope and Contents This collection includes photocopies and typed transcripts of 8 letters from Rodney Jeger in the United States ranging from 1863 to 1865 and sent to his mother and sisters in New Elizabeth, Hendricks County, Indiana, regarding the U.S. Civil War and his part in it, including small skirmishes, camp life, prices of supplies, and health conditions.
Dates: 1863-1865

Roger L. Winter collection

 Collection — Folder S1446
Identifier: S1446
Scope and Contents This collection includes photocopies of six letters sent to Rufus E. and Mary Dalrymple Andrews during the Civil War. Mary's brother John W. Dalrymple sent her the following letters while serving with Company I, 74th Indiana Regiment: May 7, 1863 from Lavergne, Tennessee, February 2, 1964 from Chattanooga, Tennessee and September 12, 1864 from camp near Atlanta, Georgia. Rufus received a September 20, 1863 letter sent by Asbury C. Gerard from Camp Shanks, Indianapolis following his muster into...
Dates: 1863-1864