United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 498 Collections and/or Records:
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Robert W. McBride papers
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Rodney Jeger letters
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Roger L. Winter collection
Ross J. Haseltine papers
Collection — Folder S621
Identifier: S0621
Scope and Contents
This collection contains military records and correspondence from Ross J. Haseltine ranging from 1863 to 1866 regarding equipment and supplies for Company C, 69th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the U.S. Civil War. There are also letters to and from the Ordnance Office of the War Department, Quartermaster General's Office and the U.S. Treasury Department, regarding reports of his company's ordnance and ordnance stores, clothing, and equipage.
Dates:
1863-1866
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ross J. Haseltine papers
Roswell C. Smith letter
Collection — Folder S2344
Identifier: S2344
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a July 14, 1862 letter written by Roswell C. Smith of Lafayette, Indiana to a Mr. Wood (?). In the letter he discusses the war, a picnic held at his family farm, the celebration of his 10th wedding anniversary, the Ellsworth house, and Lew Wallace.
Dates:
1862/07/14
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Roswell C. Smith letter
Sallie J. Tedrow letter
Collection — Folder S2584
Identifier: S2584
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 1 handwritten letter from Sallie J. Tedrow in Lanesville, Indiana on June 14, 1864. Within the letter, Tedrow discussed contemporary politics and the U.S. Civil War, with references to a brother, apparently a war casuality, as well as another letter recipient. She instructed her correspondent to direct future correspondence to Germantown.
Dates:
1864/06/14
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Sallie J. Tedrow letter
Samuel Anglemeyer papers
Collection — Folder S029
Identifier: S0029
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two Civil War military discharge documents for Samuel Anglemeyer from 1863 and 1865 and a postcard and letter from the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions in 1912 regarding Anglemeyer's veterans benefits.
Dates:
1863-1912
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Samuel Anglemeyer papers
Samuel F. Galey, Civil War death records
Collection — Folder S3249
Identifier: S3249
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of the Civil War records of Samuel F. Galey, including prisoner of war memorandums, a letter announcing his death, a death notice and inventory of personal effects, a recept for his personal effects, and a record of death and internment.
Dates:
1865
Samuel F. Mason diary
Collection — Folder S1880
Identifier: S1880
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 67 photocopied pages of Samuel F. Mason's Civil War diary containing entries ranging from August 6, 1861 to September 9, 1864 and 1884. The diary includes the names of the men on a muster roll for Company D, 31st Indiana Infantry Regiment; descriptions of the marches, encampments, and battles of the regiment; and miscellaneous entries added later regarding the sale of butter. The collection also includes photocopies of Mason's November 4, 1864 discharge paper, a note...
Dates:
1861-1884, 1968
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Samuel F. Mason diary
