United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 469 Collections and/or Records:
Captain Alexander Lawrie Jr. collection
File — Folder S0813
Identifier: S0813
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Captain Alexander Lawrie's handwritten list of his 130 portraits of United States generals from the Civil War that were hanging in the library of the Indiana State Soldier's Home at Lafayette, Indiana (now West Lafayette). Lawrie notes that the generals were from both the regular and volunteer service and that 72 were from Indiana. Captain Lawrie also supplied a list of 25 portraits that he had not yet completed when he gave the document to the Indiana State Library on...
Dates:
1916, 2007
Carl A. Zenor Civil War collection
Collection — Folder S1957
Identifier: S1957
Scope and Contents
This collection contains American Civil War documents collected by Carl A. Zenor ranging from 1862 to 1963 and includes an incomplete copy of the Touch the Elbow Songster (1862); a typewritten transcript of a letter sent to Francis M. Busby of Lebanon, Indiana from Edward Reynolds at the headquarters of the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division near Atlanta, Georgia (July 31, 1864); a photocopy of an army pass granted to Busby to travel to Alabama and signed by Governor...
Dates:
1862-1963
Catlett T. Shaw pension and muster roll
Collection — Folder S1169
Identifier: S1169
Scope and Contents
This collection includes copies of Civil War records from Pvt. Catlett Toliver Shaw, 123 Indiana Regiment, Company G, ranging from 1864 to 1880, regarding his military service, disability and pension.
Dates:
1864-1880
Cecil Beeson collection
Collection
Identifier: L566
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed, autographed and photocopied documents from various people, government and private organizations collected by local genealogist and historian Cecil Beeson in Blackford County, Indiana, ranging from 1838 to 1972 regarding family histories, biographies, U.S. Civil War documents, church histories and governmental records.There is an oversize document, "The Early History of the First Baptist Church of Montpelier, Indiana" by Rev. C. H. Kendall, circa 1908...
Dates:
1839-1972, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Cecil Beeson collection
Cecil Beeson collection on Albert Woolson
Collection — Folder S2796
Identifier: S2796
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies primarily on the life and military service of Albert Woolson. There is correspondence from Cecil Beeson in his acquisition of the papers, an article on the life of Albert Woolson, and copies of Woolson's military record, death certificate, and pension documents. The collection was created between 1956 and 1982.
Dates:
1956-1982
Charles Brown papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0174
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an original, autographed, signed letter from Charles R. Brown in Indiana in January 1963 regarding the seal of the secretary of state of Indiana and photocopies of autographed, signed legal documents and letters from people in Washington, D.C., Montezuma, Indiana and elsewhere ranging from 1847 to 1862 regarding legal matters and life in the army during the Civil War.
Dates:
1847-1862, 1963
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Charles Brown papers
Charles Goodman discharge papers
Collection — Folder S2570
Identifier: S2570
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the original item, a military discharge signed July 28, 1864 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Also written over the print, in red ink, is the paid-in-full certification from a paymaster in Indianapolis, dated August 3rd, 1864. The document also bears a stamp in blue ink for bounty paid, dated May 8, 1867, by US paymaster E.L. Moore. In faded blue typescript is information about Goodman's burial in Indianapolis in 1918. On the reverse is stamped and signed the approval of a...
Dates:
1864/07/28
Charles L. Smeidel, Civil War letters
Collection — Folder S2610
Identifier: S2610
Scope and Contents
This collection contains typed transcriptions of letters written by Charles Smeidel from 1861 to 1862. Some letters are incomplete. His letters were primarily to his wife and young daughter from Mississippi, but also from Illinois and Missouri.
Dates:
1861-1862
Charles Mayer Wetherill collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1387
Scope and Contents
The collection includes 3 folders of correspondence to and from Charles M. Wetherill, including letters from residents of Lafayette, Indiana, concerning the Lafayette Union Club during the Civil War (1862-1863); his handwritten journal and receipts from his trip to Niagara Falls, Montreal, and New England (1844-1845); personal letters from Charles (Sr.) Wetherill to his brother William, a student at Mount Airy, Pennsylvania (1817-1818); and an original 34 star American flag.
Dates:
1817-1863
Charles W. Moores, Jr. speeches
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0982
Scope and Contents
The collection contains speeches given at various school ceremonies and on the topic of education in general ranging from 1901 to 1916 and undated. There are also speeches on Benjamin Harrison and Abraham Lincoln; a speech delivered to Civil War veterans on Decoration Day; and a history of Fourth Presbyterian Church, which was located at the corner of Market and Delaware Streets in Indianapolis and later merged with Grace Presbyterian to form Fairview Presbyterian Church.
Dates:
1901-1916, undated
