United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 503 Collections and/or Records:
Indiana Civil War and pioneer photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P056
Scope and Contents
This collection includes tintype, daguerreotype, ambrotype, and carte de visite portrait photographs of numerous individuals from Indiana ranging from circa 1840 to 1876 regarding Union soldiers who served during the U.S. Civil War and a few men and women who settled in the state during the mid-19th century. There is also a large indistinguishable daguerreotype photograph of a possible Sunday School celebration on July 4, 1850 at Col. James Blake's home on the northwest corner of Capitol Avenue...
Dates:
circa 1840-1876
Indiana Civil War generals and regiments collection
Collection
Identifier: L360
Scope and Contents
This collection includes notes compiled and collected by Thelma Murphy about Indiana Civil War generals as well as regiments from Indiana. The first box has 59 folders for generals from A-M. The second box has 34 folders for generals from N-W, plus four additional folders. Three of the additional folders have notes on regiments. The last folder has miscellaneous information including photographs and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1851-1966
Indiana Lincoln League letter
Collection — Folder S1577
Identifier: S1577
Scope and Contents
Written from Liberty, Indiana, this handwritten letter, dated September 7, 1888, is one sentence. It reads as follows: "To Whom It May Concern. You are hereby respectfully requested to lower the Banner across Union Street which represents the Rebel Flag by 6 o'clock P M of this day and thus avoid trouble. Very respectfully Many Union Soldiers."
Dates:
1888
Indiana Lincoln Union records
Collection
Identifier: L365
Scope and Contents
This collection includes records, bank books, booklets, vouchers, and volumes from members of the Lincoln Union ranging from 1927 to 1940 regarding Indiana Lincoln Union. Notable publications include the 1927 printed copy of "Lincoln the Hoosier" booklet, "Abraham Lincoln", an address delivered before the Lincoln Club of Logansport, and "The Grave of the Mother of Lincoln."
Dates:
1927-1940
Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Monument architectural renderings
Collection
Identifier: L619
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a set of architectural drawings, titled "La Tour D'Auvergne" from a French architectural firm, an architectural print with sketches from Josse A. Vrydagh in Terre Haute, Indiana and a print, featuring a 3D model of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument from Bruno Schmitz in Germany, dating from circa 1887 to 1901.
Dates:
circa 1887-1901
Indianapolis Arsenal collection
Collection — Folder S2140
Identifier: S2140
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two sets of typewritten transcriptions of U.S. War Department records ranging from 1822 to 1903 that are related to the Indianapolis Arsenal. The records were transcribed for the Indiana State Library in 1926 by Newton D. Mereness. The collection includes a photostat reproduction of the map of Indianapolis (circa 1860s) that was inserted between pages 33 and 34 of the first set and a list of the items found in the War Department records by Mr. Mereness that was added to...
Dates:
1822-1903, 1926
Indianapolis aviation and family small photograph collection
Collection — Folder SP170
Identifier: SP170
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a positive print of film negatives and many of the film negatives of miscellanous portraits of men and women including Civil War soldiers, group snapshots, airplanes, an aerial view, a city street view, and agricultural scenes, ranging from circa 1861 to 1919 and undated.
Dates:
circa 1861-1919, undated
Indianapolis Civil War Round Table collection
Collection
Identifier: L169
Scope and Contents
This collection includes newsletters, meeting minutes and agendas, and miscellaneous papers from the Indianapolis Civil War Round Table in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1983 to 2016, regarding the organization's activities and interests.
Dates:
1958-2016
Invitation to people of Indiana to visit Mississippi for Civil War centennial plaque
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: L762
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises an invitation plaque from Governor Ross Barnett of Mississippi circa June 24, 1961 to Indiana Governor Matthew E. Welsh and the people of Indiana to visit Mississippi for the U.S. Civil War centennial during 1961-1965. The plaque has Barnett's signature, the Mississippi state seal, a photograph of the Indiana Monument in Vicksburg National Military Park with an illustration representing the park.
Dates:
circa 1961/06/24
Isaac A. and David S. Hulick Civil War letters
Collection — Folder S2494
Identifier: S2494
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostat copies of two letters from Issac A. and David S. Hulick in the United States ranging from 1863 to 1864, while they were serving during the U.S. Civil War. David Hulick's letter is dated March 1863 from Murfreesboro, Tennessee while Isaac's was sent in May 1864 from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Dates:
1863-1864
