United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 503 Collections and/or Records:
Jesse C. and Stephen M. Burch papers
Collection — Folder S193
Identifier: S0193
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typed copy of a letter from Jesse C. Burch in an hospital in Evansville, Indiana on 1862/09/05 regarding family matters and the war. There is also a typed copy and a photocopy of an autographed, signed letter from Stephen M. Burch near Raleigh, North Carolina on 1865/04/22 regarding family matters, the war, and Lincoln's assassination.
Dates:
1862/09/05-1865/04/22
Jesse Kilgour Dubois papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0384
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence and political and business papers from Jesse Kilgour Dubois ranging from 1830 to 1920 pertaining to his work as Illinois Receiver of Public Moneys (1849-1853), his land investments and interests in land drainage (1840s-1850s); the Illinois State Auditor's office and the presidential campaigns of 1860 and 1864; and Abraham Lincoln's life.There is also a certificate of commission as a major general in 1864 during the U.S. Civil War and copies...
Dates:
1830-1920
Job Barnard, Civil War diary
Collection — Volume V026
Identifier: V026
Scope and Contents
This is one volume titled “Diary of a Soldier” by Job Barnard. There is also a note stating “Printed by Charles Arthur Barnard, 1893”. The diary is typed and is 106 pages long. The diary opens with Barnard joining Company K of the 73rd Indiana Infantry in 1862 and concludes with his mustering out in the middle of 1865. The diary consists of semi daily entries of varying lengths. Some entries are only a sentence or two long while others last for a page or more.
Dates:
1862-1865
Joel W. McGrew military appointment certificate
Collection — Folder B025
Identifier: B025
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a certificate signed by Oliver P. Morton in Indianapolis, Indiana appointing Joel W. McGrew as a captain in the 27th Indiana Regiment on August 30, 1861.
Dates:
1861/08/30
John A. Botts poem
Collection — Folder S1037
Identifier: S1037
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an eleven stanza poem written by John A. Botts and dated June 12, 1863. The poem relates the movement and actions of Company C, 59th Indiana Regiment during the Vicksburg campaign of the U.S. Civil War. At the end of the poem there is a note dated June 25, 1863 from William Owen to Mary Owen that says, "Mary I send you this poetry and if you get it I want you to take good Cear [care] of it till I come home."
Dates:
1863/06/12
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John A. Botts poem
John A. Boyer papers
Collection — Folder S152
Identifier: S0152
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of letters from John A. Boyer ranging from 1862/03/23 to 1863/06/06 regarding family and war matters.
Dates:
1862-1863
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John A. Boyer papers
John B. Elliott diary
Collection — Folder S2385
Identifier: S2385
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a diary kept by John B. Elliott of Harrison County, Indiana while he served with Company K, 59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry. The entries begin on October 4, 1862 during the Battle of Corinth and ends on April 30, 1863 with his regiment near Vicksburg. His diary provides a view of camp life and the labor of war.The collection also includes an undated clipping of an illustration of one of the locomotive engines built by Hinkley and Drury of Boston,...
Dates:
1862-1863
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John B. Elliott diary
John Brown Dillon collection
Collection
Identifier: L377
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of John B. Dillon’s historical notes on people and events relating to the early exploration and settlement of Indiana and the Old Northwest. Also included is a scrapbook of Dillon’s letters published in newspapers on the U.S. Civil War, the Republican Party, and Indiana history (1861–1876); letters to Dillon regarding the Historical Society, the Indiana Sanitary Fair (1864), and Dillon’s historical work; and a memorial by John Coburn on the life of John Brown...
Dates:
1859-1886
John Bryant papers
Collection — Folder S187
Identifier: S0187
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed, signed letters and business receipts from John Bryant, Sylvester Bryant and Elizabeth Bryant in Indiana ranging from 1862 to 1865 and undated regarding family matters and the Civil War.
Dates:
1862-1865, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Bryant papers
John C. Anderson letters
Collection — Folder S025
Identifier: S0025
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two letters. and an accompanying typed transcript, from John C. Anderson in Murfreesboro and Chattanooga, Tennessee to his brother, James L. Anderson in La Porte, Indiana on January 15, 1863 and October 10, 1863, regarding army life and the battles at Murfreesboro and Chattanooga during the American Civil War.
Dates:
1863
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John C. Anderson letters
