United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 125 Collections and/or Records:
Phelix Adair papers
Collection — Folder S003
Identifier: S0003
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed copies of newspaper articles from Phelix Adair in Madison, Indiana ranging from 1883 to 1910 regarding the Madison band in the Battle of Shiloh, history of industries along the Crooked Creek Valley, and William H. Rahe's service, as a young boy, to Colonel August Willich's German regiment during the American Civil War.
Dates:
1883-1910, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Phelix Adair papers
Porter family letters
Collection — Folder S2559
Identifier: S2559
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of typewritten transcriptions of letters written to and from Asa W., Jonah G., and Rice M. Porter and Porter family members while the brothers served in the Civil War. The bulk of the letters were written from July 1861 to March 1862, but there are two letters from Rice written in 1865.
Dates:
1861-1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Porter family letters
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
Rebecca Jane Shell correspondence
Collection — Folder S1173
Identifier: S1173
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of five letters sent to Rebecca Jane Shell during the U.S. Civil War ranging from 1862 to 1863. She received a November 4, 1862 letter from her brother John while he was at Camp Sullivan in Indianapolis; an April 19, 1863 letter from Marcus C. Crowley sent from Boston Station, Kentucky; two letters letter from her brother William from Camp Salt River Bridge in Shepherdsville, Bullitt County, Kentucky (May 16, 1863) and Camp Bardstown Junction, Bullitt...
Dates:
1862-1863
Richard T. Warthier letter
Collection — Folder S1367
Identifier: S1367
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a letter and envelope from Richard T. Warthier in Henderson, Kentucky to his sister Drue Warthier on July 28, 1862, regarding military life with the 76th Indiana Regiment during the U.S. Civil War.
Dates:
1862
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Richard T. Warthier letter
Robert H. Milroy letter
Collection — Folder S0967
Identifier: S0967
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an October 14, 1861 letter written by Col. Robert H. Milroy and addressed to the editors of the Cincinnati Daily Times regarding an October 8th article that mentioned that "The Seventh Indiana broke and ran, their officers endeavoring in vain to stop them" during the Battle of Greenbrier on October 3rd. Milroy, a colonel serving with the 9th Indiana Volunteers during the battle, declared that the statement was incorrect and the...
Dates:
1861/10/14
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Robert H. Milroy letter
Rodney Jeger letters
Collection — Folder S2905
Identifier: S2905
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies and typed transcripts of 8 letters from Rodney Jeger in the United States ranging from 1863 to 1865 and sent to his mother and sisters in New Elizabeth, Hendricks County, Indiana, regarding the U.S. Civil War and his part in it, including small skirmishes, camp life, prices of supplies, and health conditions.
Dates:
1863-1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Rodney Jeger letters
Ross J. Haseltine papers
Collection — Folder S621
Identifier: S0621
Scope and Contents
This collection contains military records and correspondence from Ross J. Haseltine ranging from 1863 to 1866 regarding equipment and supplies for Company C, 69th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the U.S. Civil War. There are also letters to and from the Ordnance Office of the War Department, Quartermaster General's Office and the U.S. Treasury Department, regarding reports of his company's ordnance and ordnance stores, clothing, and equipage.
Dates:
1863-1866
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ross J. Haseltine papers
Samuel Anglemeyer papers
Collection — Folder S029
Identifier: S0029
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two Civil War military discharge documents for Samuel Anglemeyer from 1863 and 1865 and a postcard and letter from the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions in 1912 regarding Anglemeyer's veterans benefits.
Dates:
1863-1912
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Samuel Anglemeyer papers
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.
There is also an appointment for Keller to the 47th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Militia on October 10, 1861.
Dates:
1848-1911
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Samuel J. Keller papers
