United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 514 Collections and/or Records:
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
Samuel J. Keller papers
Collection
Identifier: L285
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters, a war diary, a scrapbook, newspaper clippings, advertising cards, photographs, receipts, ephemera, and business, legal and financial papers from Samuel J. Keller and the Keller family in Bluffton, Indiana, California, Minnesota, and the United States, ranging from 1848 to 1972, concerning Keller's daily life, business concerns, family, and military service in the U.S.-Mexican and Civil wars.There is also an oversize appointment certificate for...
Dates:
1848-1972
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Samuel J. Keller papers
Samuel K. Harryman letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0603
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Civil War letters from Samuel K. Harryman to Margaret Moore of Mooresville, Indiana while he was serving with 70th Indiana Infantry Regiment in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and the Carolina from 1862 to 1865.
Dates:
1862-1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Samuel K. Harryman letters
Samuel Merrill papers
Collection
Identifier: L106
Scope and Contents
The collection consists principally of Samuel Merrill’s Civil War papers, including his letters to his wife and sister in Indianapolis from Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and South Carolina (1862-1865). Also included are his war diary (1863), orders, clothing and equipment records, as well as other official military papers (1862-1865). The collection also contains business papers of Merrill and his family (1850-circa 1900), including papers of his father, essays on Indiana’s state capitals, and...
Dates:
1850-1924
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Samuel Merrill papers
Sangster family collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1954
Scope and Contents
Collection S1954 is composed of photocopies of 72 items, most of which are letters between
members of the Sangster family and families into which it had married. Families include Sangster,
Willis, Norris, Bryce, Shirk, and Walls. Family matters (e.g., weddings, illnesses, and births)
and family business affairs (e.g., applying for a school board salary increase, applying for a
widow's pension, applying for a veteran's pension) provide the majority of subjects. Letters of
special note include...
Dates:
1839-1942
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Sangster family collection
Sarah F. Baker letters
Collection — Folder S0057
Identifier: S0057
Scope and Contents
This collection contains three letters written by Sarah F. Baker to her cousin Lib. The letters concern social, political, and familial matters that are primarily related to the Civil War.
Dates:
1863-1864
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Sarah F. Baker letters
Sarah J. Robinson letter
Collection — Folder S2667
Identifier: S2667
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typewritten copy of a June 4, 1865 letter written by Mrs. S. J. Robinson from the United States Christian Commission home in Vicksburg, Mississippi and sent to Mrs. M. J. Dinwiddie at Crown Point, Indiana. In the letter she shares her recent experiences, including her trips to the McPherson and her interactions with "Rebels" and "Seceshia" ladies, and also expresses her appreciation for money she received from Mrs. Dinwiddie.
Dates:
1865/06/04
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Sarah J. Robinson letter
