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War diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

Raymond Banta World War II collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2512
Scope and Contents This collection comprises photographs and publications from Raymond Banta before and during World War II ranging from circa 1938 to 1945. The photographs comprise numerous portraits of a young Raymond Banta, in casual army dress and in formal attire, as well as a scene with Banta and two other soldiers working in an office. There are also publications and documents such as a small booklet entitled "Tips on Train Travel" with cartoon illustrations by Gluyas Williams; the July and...
Dates: circa 1938-1945

Samuel F. Mason diary

 Collection — Folder S1880
Identifier: S1880
Scope and Contents This collection includes 67 photocopied pages of Samuel F. Mason's Civil War diary containing entries ranging from August 6, 1861 to September 9, 1864 and 1884. The diary includes the names of the men on a muster roll for Company D, 31st Indiana Infantry Regiment; descriptions of the marches, encampments, and battles of the regiment; and miscellaneous entries added later regarding the sale of butter. The collection also includes photocopies of Mason's November 4, 1864 discharge paper, a note...
Dates: 1861-1884, 1968

Samuel J. Keller papers

 Collection
Identifier: L285
Scope and Contents This collection includes letters from Samuel J. Keller in Bluffton, Indiana, California, and Minnesota; Mexican War and Civil War army camps, as well as business, legal and financial papers; a diary; newspaper clippings; business advertising; postcards; and miscellaneous ranging from 1848 to 1911, regarding family matters, army life and wars.

There is also an appointment for Keller to the 47th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Militia on October 10, 1861.
Dates: 1848-1911

Samuel Merrill collection

 Collection
Identifier: L106
Scope and Contents The collection consists principally of Samuel Merrill’s Civil War papers, including his letters to his wife and sister in Indianapolis from Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and South Carolina (1862-1865). Also included are his war diary (1863), orders, clothing and equipment records, as well as other official military papers (1862-1865). The collection also contains business papers of Merrill and his family (1850-circa 1900), including papers of his father, essays on Indiana’s state capitals, and...
Dates: 1850-1924

Sydney C. Kerksis papers

 Collection
Identifier: S0770
Scope and Contents This collection contains 2 sets of photocopies of Sydney C. Kerksis's typescript, "Action at Gilgal Church, Georgia, June 15-16, 1864." The typescript includes a narrative of the action, official reports, extracts of regimental reports, regimental histories and extracts from Civil War diaries. Pages 41, 50-51 of the typescript are missing. Also included in the collection is a booklet entitled, "Twelve Views of the Indianapolis Flood of March 1913 Taken by a Daring Photographer During the Worst...
Dates: 1864, 1913

Teter family papers

 Collection
Identifier: L404
Scope and Contents This collection includes original letters and photocopies from various Teter family members and others; military records; obituaries; newspaper clippings; stamps; currency; a Civil War diary; medals; an Indiana centennial medal; coins; paper currency; a lock of human hair; cross-stitch pictures; and a leather wallet ranging from circa 1847 to 1988 regarding Teter family genealogy, family business, Indiana history and the U.S. Civil War.There is also an oversize folder containing...
Dates: circa 1847-1988

Thomas Worthington Camp Morton papers

 Collection — Folder S1524
Identifier: S1524
Scope and Contents The collection consists of a photocopy of the submission “Civil War Letters of Confederate Cavalryman and Dallasite, Thomas Payne Worthington,” a contribution of 9 pages in length, excerpted from the June 1980 issue of The Quarterly of the Dallas Genealogical Society (specifically, pages 91-99). The items in the compilation include 3 diary entries and 15 letters, most of the letters having been written by Thomas Payne Worthington from Camp Morton in...
Dates: 1980

Vernon Kniptash, World War I diary

 Collection — Folder S3232
Identifier: S3232
Scope and Contents This collection includes a copy of a manuscript of a diary covering Kniptash's years of service from enlistment to discharge (April 1917 to May 1919). It was published in 2009 by Oklahoma University Press as "On the Western Front with the Rainbow Division: a World War I Diary".
Dates: 1917-1919

Walter E. Thrall collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2356
Scope and Contents This collection consists entirely of photocopies. There are the journals of Walter E. Thrall, Captain of Company E of the 60th Indiana Volunteers. The journals range from April 1862 to December 1865. There is also information about the supplies and actions of the 60th, forms and other papers created in Southern Louisiana at the end of the war when Company E occupied Lafourche and Terrebone Parishes, and newsclippings.
Dates: 1863-1903

Whitsel Lewis diary

 Collection — Folder S0834
Identifier: S0834
Scope and Contents This collection includes a photocopy of the diary of Whitsel Lewis in Georgia ranging from July to September, 1864 regarding his military service with the 87th Indiana Regiment during the U.S. Civil War.
Dates: 1864