War diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 55 Collections and/or Records:
Henry Hamilton journal
Collection — Folder S2862
Identifier: S2862
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises photostats of the 175-page journal of British colonial Governor Henry Hamilton, ranging from 1778 to 1779. The original item is located at Harvard University Library. The journal provides detailed descriptions of the divisions and arrangement of forces in the British military for the Western Campaign (p. 54), including Native Americans, volunteers, militia, and regulars; of British movement along the rivers and lakes, including the employment of gun boats;...
Dates:
1778-1779
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Henry Hamilton journal
Henry L. and Solon R. Soper collection
Collection — Folder S1219
Identifier: S1220
Scope and Contents
There are two items in this collection. The oldest item is a land grant from President John Quincy Adams for Henry L. Soper, of Queensville, Jennings County, Indiana. The document is dated May 7, 1828. The second item is a small, leather-bound diary written mostly in pencil by Lieutenant Solen R. Soper, who was in the 9th Indiana Legion. This was a 30-days unit enlisted in 1862. Solen guarded prisoners at Camp Morton and then on a Mississippi River boat, during which time this diary was...
Dates:
1828, 1862
Henry V. Brown diary
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3047
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a transcribed account of daily acitivities of Company G, 3rd Cavalry (45th Regiment) from August 1861 to October 1864 by Brown, identified by Captain George F. herriott as company clerk. This copy was given to Captain Herriott. A typewritten account of the events of September 22 and 23, 1863 by Captain Herriott is included. Company G fought in Kentucky, Tennessee, with Rosecrans and Sherman and in the Atlanta campaign of 1864.
Dates:
1861-1864
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Henry V. Brown diary
I.H.C. Royse diary
Collection — Folder S1814
Identifier: S1814
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one Civil War diary from I.H.C Royse in ranging from 1862-1863.
Dates:
1862-1863
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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I.H.C. Royse diary
Jacob S. McCullough collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: L287
Scope and Contents
This collection includes McCullough's Civil War diaries and an order book for the 37th Indiana Infantry ranging from 1861 to 1864.
Dates:
1861-1864
James A. Pressly diary
Collection — Folder S1079
Identifier: S1079
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of the Civil War diary from James A. Pressly in Marion County, Indiana, in 1865, regarding his service in the 79th Indiana Regiment, as well as copies of Republican campaign tickets indicating Pressly's brother John ran for the position of sheriff of Marion County, Indiana in 1876 and 1880.
Dates:
1865-1880
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James A. Pressly diary
James H. Montgomery Civil War diary
Collection — Folder S2264
Identifier: S2264
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of the transcription made of a diary kept by James H. Montgomery from February 10, 1864 to January 25, 1865 while he served with the United States Army Signal Corps during the Civil War. His diary includes entries regarding the weather and his daily activities, a list of the members of the Signal Corps, the song "My Birthday Song," acrostics, and poems. The collection also includes a photocopy of a one-page document regarding the origin of the coat...
Dates:
1864-1865; 1967
James H. St John diary
Collection — Folder S1235
Identifier: S1235
Scope and Contents
This colleciton comprises a transcribed and typed diary from James H. St. John in 1863, concerning his service with the 83rd Indiana Regiment during the U.S. Civil War.
Dates:
1863
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James H. St John diary
James M. Hart Civil War diary
Collection — Folder S0604
Identifier: S0604
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a 25-page typed manuscript created by Jerry M. Easley in 1974, containing the typed transcript of the James Hart diary dated 1863. The document includes 7 pages of introductory materials with background information on the 7th Indiana Regiment and the battles, campaigns, and military engagements in which the regiment and Hart participated, including Battles of Port Republic, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Bristoe, Wilderness, Laurel Hill and Spotsylvania.
Dates:
1863, 1974
James M. VanHook collection
Collection
Identifier: L308
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence and documents compiled by James M. VanHook during his activities with the Freemasons, the Samuel Simonson Post No. 226 of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), and the Clark County Historical Society (1783-1917). The collection includes land grants, indentures, and other legal documents from Charlestown and Clark County, Indiana; biographical and historical sketches; historical information about Blazing Star Masonic Lodge and the Charlestown Methodist...
Dates:
1796-1907, undated
