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War diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:

9th Indiana Cavalry Civil War diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2615
Scope and Contents This collection contains 2 diaries written by either Robert Young (according to Susan Traux) or James L. DuBois (according to David Frost), both of whome mustered out August 28, 1865, ranging from January 1, 1864 to September 12, 1865 concerning service in Company D, 9th Indiana Cavalry during the U.S. Civil War. There are also typed transcripts of the diaries created by Susan Traux and information from David Frost of Los Angeles, California listing relatives mentioned in the diaries who fit...
Dates: 1864-1865

Adonijah P. Hulings diary

 Collection — Folder S2244
Identifier: S2244
Scope and Contents This collection contains photocopies of Adonijah P. Hulings's 1863 pocket diary. A note he entered at the beginning of the diary states that he purchased it on December 17, 1862 in Memphis, Tennessee during the time he was serving with the 69th Indiana Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. He began his December 1862 entries in the memoranda section and then filled out the daily entries throughout 1863. The first page of the photocopies also includes the notation that the diary pages were sent...
Dates: 1862-1863, 1965

Alanson William Snyder collection

 Collection — Folder S2981
Identifier: S2981
Scope and Contents This collection includes the five letters, poetry, ribbons, ephemera, and a war diary from Alanson William Snyder in the United States ranging from 1863 to 1914, regarding Snyder's service in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War, reunions for the 99th Indiana Regiment, and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers conventions.
Dates: 1863-1914

Andrew J. Johnson diary

 Collection — Folder S0722
Identifier: S0722
Scope and Contents The collection contains three copies of the typed transcript of Andrew J. Johnson's diaries, ranging form 1862 to 1865, transcribed by Ralph W. and Inez Jones Johnson from Greenwood, Indiana in 1961. The transcripts include a foreword with family history, a roster of Company I, 70th Indiana Regiment, and where the regiment served.
Dates: 1862-1865, 1961

Aurelius M. Willoughby collection

 Collection
Identifier: L303
Scope and Contents The collection consists of Aurelius Willoughby's Civil War diaries ranging from 1861 to 1865. Also included are discharge papers, memorabilia, and personal business papers dating from 1864 to 1917 and a manuscript history of Company H. 39th Indiana with photographs, circa 1910. The collection also includes 2 tintypes of Aurelius Willoughby, 32 cartes-de-visite depicting landmarks in Washington D.C., Georgia, and Niagra Falls, in addition to two portraits of Confederate General T. R. R. Cobb and...
Dates: 1861-1950

Benjamin Williams diary

 Collection — Folder S3050
Identifier: S3050
Scope and Contents The collection includes two items, a photocopied Civil War diary kept by Williams and a photocopy from a Gibson County history with a history of the 91st Regiment. The diary dates from October 12, 1861 to July 1, 1864. The entries vary from short entries of one or two sentences to lengthy retrospective essays. Early 1863 references concern travel by steamer on the Ohio River in the area of Evansville, Indiana, and Henderson and Spottsville, Kentucky. Afterwards, Williams’ company briefly...
Dates: 1861-1864

Charles L. White diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1390
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a World War I diary, a photograph, and other items from Charles L. White, ranging from 1918 to 1919, during World War I. The diary contains White's account of military life, including trials of army life in France, specifically mentioning the food, weather, and living conditions. There are also a photocopy and a typed transcript copy of the diary, as well as a small photograph, positive print and negative, of a soldier, a document to his mother, and a French war bond...
Dates: 1918-1919

Claude M. Gray papers

 Collection
Identifier: L540
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, military documents, a diary, photographs and postcards, realia, and other papers from Claude M. Gray in Indiana, the United States, and France, ranging from 1910 to 1948, regarding his education at Rose Polytechnic Institute, his service during World War I, and daily life.Military records include telegrams, transport orders, and bulletins, pay record book, tickets, and identification cards, as well as Gray's World War I diary, World War I...
Dates: 1910-1948

Dumin Labertew Civil War diary

 Collection — Volume V575
Identifier: V575
Scope and Contents This collection includes a leather-bound diary from Dumin Labertew in the United States, ranging from July 1864 to June 1865, regarding his service with Company B, 59th Indiana Infantry Regiment. The diary includes information on daily marching orders, living conditions, and activities, as well as an account of money owed to him by other soldiers.
Dates: 1864-1865

Edmund Engle Civil War diaries and papers

 Collection
Identifier: L410
Scope and Contents The collection contains photostats of muster rolls, a marriage license, and other government papers of Captain Edmund Engle ranging from 1856 to 1880. Along with the official military documents, the collection also contains four diaries written by Engle. The diaries span from 1864 to 1866 and focuses primarily on his day-to-day activities like marching, encampment, and the general health of other soldiers.
Dates: 1856-1880