Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Marden Sabin memoir
Collection — Folder S1134
Identifier: S1134
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a 44 page original handwritten memoir from Dr. Marden Sabin, born in Orland, Indiana, ranging from 1840 to 1867 regarding his service in the 100th Hundredth Indiana Regiment during the Civil War. Also included are three additional handwritten pagesof additional biographical information, including the citation: History of St. Joseph County, Michigan, by H.G. Cutler.
Dates:
1840-1867
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Marden Sabin memoir
Mrs. Paul Seehausen collection
Collection — Folder S1163
Identifier: S1163
Scope and Contents
The collection includes typed copies of two items, 23 pages total. The first item includes two letters written by Benjamin Franklin Sibert, Company A, Ninety-third Indiana Regiment, to his mother, Rebecca Sibert, in July of 1863 during the Siege of Vicksburg. The letters, consisting of 11 pages, indicated that Sibert was stationed at Camp Bear Creek, fifteen miles from Vicksburg, Mississippi. The letters mention Generals Sherman and Joe Sherman, as well as his comrades John M....
Dates:
1863, 1891
Thelma Murphy, Civil War collection
Collection — Folder S1001
Identifier: S1001
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a typewritten history of the 83rd Indiana Volunteer Regiment, the Vicksburg campaign, and a list of men earning the Medal of Honor for action at Vicksburg compiled by Thelma Murphy ca. 1963. The collection includes photocopies of the pension records, ranging from 1864-1936, for the following Medal of Honor recipients: Clinton L. Armstrong (1845-1899); Thomas A. Blasdel (1843-1932); William W. Chisman (1844-1925); John Wesley Conaway (1843-1913); David H. Helms...
Dates:
circa 1963
