Vicksburg (Miss.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Dandridge E. Kelsey diaries
Collection — Folder S3035
Identifier: S3035
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photocopies of pages 1 to 211 and pages 932 and 933 from transcirpts of diaries from Dandridge Eliphant Kelsey in Dearborn County, Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1853 to 1867, regarding his daily life, family, church and social activities, elections, travel, and military service during the U.S. Civil War. The transcripts were created by Gayle Harman Kelsey and concern the part of his diaries from when he and his family lived in Indiana. A child’s...
Dates:
1853-1867, 1982
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
Joseph W. Dalrymple papers
Collection — Folder S2603
Identifier: S2603
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of Joseph W. Dalrymple from Rising Sun, Indiana, including letters he wrote to his wife, Jennie, while on business in towns along the Ohio and Missisippi rivers in Arkansas, Indiana, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee (1870-1881); correspondence from his partner, John W. Bush, from Rising Sun (1875-1881); letters and invoices from merchants in Cincinnati, New Orleans, Louisville, Natchez (Miss.), and Cairo (Ill.) (1871-1883); and correspondence...
Dates:
1858-1891
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Joseph W. Dalrymple papers
Mary Elizabeth Moody collection
Collection
Identifier: L713
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 6 photograph albums and 3 scrapbooks, containing photographs, papers, pamphlets, postcards, souvenirs, currency, and ephemera, created by Betty Goodale Moody in Indiana, Florida, around the United States, Jordan, Israel, and Egypt, ranging from circa 1936 to 2015, regarding her personal and family life, friends, and travels within the United States and the Middle East. There are also miscellaneous photographs whose subjects were identified by Moody and her...
Dates:
circa 1936-2015
Ransom T. Young letters
Collection — Folder S1477
Identifier: S1477
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence from members of the Young family of Indiana, including Ransom T. Young, his wife Emma, and his brothers, James M. and John C. Young, to their sister, Mary E. (Young) Jones between 1864 and 1875. There are also other Civil War letters from Hoosier soldiers and their relatives, including letters sent to James and Mary (Johnson) Briggs of Utica, Indiana from their brothers and friends, as well as two letters from J.W. Lakin to his siblings from 1861 to 1865....
Dates:
1861-1875
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ransom T. Young 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
