United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 503 Collections and/or Records:
Aurelius M. Willoughby collection
Collection
Identifier: L303
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Civil War diaries from Aurelius Willoughby in the United States ranging from 1861 to 1865, regarding his military service. Also included are discharge papers, memorabilia, and personal business papers dating from 1864 to 1917 and a manuscript history of Company H, 39th Indiana with photographs, circa 1910. The collection also includes 2 tintypes of Aurelius Willoughby and 32 cartes-de-visite depicting landmarks in Washington D.C., Georgia, and Niagra Falls, as well as...
Dates:
1861-1950
Austin H. Brown papers
Collection
Identifier: L019
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Austin H. Brown’s personal and business correspondence, as well as documents of political appointments, indentures, checks, receipts, clippings, and compositions, programs and other ephemera from social and political activities such as membership to the Democratic Party and Masons organizations. The correspondence includes letters from his father, William J. Brown, his brother, George, and cousin, John Ferguson.There are also a Independent Relief Fire Co.,...
Dates:
1830-1901
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Austin H. Brown papers
Auten Women's Relief Corps, No. 14 collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3275
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a report from Lucile Meisel in South Bend, Indiana in 1932 regarding that year's work of the organization and a scrapbook of newspaper articles ranging from 1932 to 1939 regarding the work of the organization and the lives and deaths of the Civil War veterans living locally.
Dates:
1932-1939
B. J. Warden Battle of Gettysburg personal narrative
Collection — Folder S1361
Identifier: S1361
Scope and Contents
The collection contains one document on three full sheets and one half sheet of green paper detailing B. J. Warden’s experience at the Battle of Gettysburg during the U.S. Civil War, July 1-4, 1863.July 1, 1863 B. J. Warden was in the 4th Brigade under John R. Brook, 1st Division, 2nd Corps. The men came from Centerville across the Potomac River. He was not in the first day’s fighting, on July 1, because they stopped for muster so payrolls could be made out. They arrived in...
Dates:
1863/07/01-1863/07/04
Bailiff family papers
Collection — Folder S0051
Identifier: S0051
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a series of photocopied letters primarily between Daniel Bailiff and his wife, Harriet. The correspondence spans from 15 December 1861 to 10 August 1864. In addition, the collection has a copy of Bailiff’s discharge certificate from the Union Army, a brief history of Bailiff’s church, a money order from Bailiff to his brother, obituaries of Bailiff and his wife, and two newspaper articles about Bailiff’s son, Winthrop.
Dates:
1861-1935
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Bailiff family papers
Baker family papers
Collection — Folder S0056
Identifier: S0056
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence between Sarah (Price) Baker and Frances C. Baker during the Civil War, F.C. Baker’s travel and war journals, and some of Henry Baker’s papers on the Indiana Roadside Council.
Dates:
1859-1864, 1961
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Baker family papers
Barton W. Bearden papers
Collection — Folder S0087
Identifier: S0087
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two handwritten letters sent by Barton Bearden to his mother while serving with the 124th Indiana Regiment during the U.S. Civil War. The first letter was sent shortly after the Battle of Resaca that took place in Georgia from May 13-15, 1864 and the second, dated October 27, 1864, was written from Cedar Bluff, Alabama. The collection also includes typewritten transcriptions of each letter, a calling card with Bearden's regiment and camp information on the front and a...
Dates:
1864-1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Barton W. Bearden papers
Ben Albert letters
Collection — Folder S010
Identifier: S0010
Scope and Contents
This collection contains letters written by Ben Albert to his brother in 1862. Albert discusses life in the army, sending money and clothing home, and family life. Both letters are photocopied from the original. Due to the poor quality of the copy, transcripts are available.
Dates:
1862
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ben Albert letters
Ben Keelor letter and obituary
Collection — Folder S2893
Identifier: S2893
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a transcribed copy of a letter from Ben Keelor, Jr. in Chattanooga, Tennessee to A.F. Davis, on November 27, 1863, regarding the account of the battle of Missionary Ridge in which Captain William D. Sering was killed and the accound of his body being returned home. There is also a transcribed obituary for Sebring from January 1864.
Dates:
1863/11/27-1864/01
Ben Price letters
Collection — Folder S1081
Identifier: S1081
Scope and Contents
This collection includes seven letters and one military order, all of which are photocopies. The one-page Special Order No. 58 was issued February 5, 1864, from Indianapolis, and stated that R. H. Barnes was physically disqualified from active service, and was detailed as temporary steward to the U.S. hospital in Indianapolis. Assistant Acting Surgeon John M. Kitchen, in charge of the City General Hospital, signed the order. R. H. Barnes wrote a letter on February 6, 1864, to...
Dates:
1863-1886
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ben Price letters
