United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 125 Collections and/or Records:
Samuel K. Harryman letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0603
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Civil War letters from Samuel K. Harryman to Margaret Moore of Mooresville, Indiana while he was serving with 70th Indiana Infantry Regiment in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and the Carolina from 1862 to 1865.
Dates:
1862-1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
Samuel K. Harryman letters
Seely Jayne papers
Collection — Folder S0716
Identifier: S0716
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters from Seely Jayne to his wife Charlotte "Lottie" Jayne during his enlistment in the Union army ranging from 1861 to 1862. There is also a letter to his daughter, Ida M. (Jayne) Weaver to the War Department regarding her father's death during the Civil War on January 26, 1889, a tintype photograph of Seely Jayne, and two lyrics sheets with patriotic songs.
Dates:
1861-1862, 1889
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
Seely Jayne papers
Siege of Corinth, Civil War letter
Collection — Folder S2617
Identifier: S2617
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a single letter created by an unidentified Union soldier on May 19, 1862 regarding his experience at the Siege of Corinth, which took place from April 29th to May 30th, 1862. The letter specifically discusses the soldier's health, his regiment's movements, the weather, his experience on pickett, and his thoughts on his commanding officers and what the Union army will do next.
Dates:
1862
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
Sydney C. Kerksis papers
Thomas N. McClung papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2628
Scope and Contents
This collection includes thirty-four letters written by Thomas N. McClung while he was a Union soldier during the Civil War to his family. Also included are three photographs, one newspaper clipping, and a copy of the "History of the Seventeenth Indiana: It's Marches and Battles."
Dates:
1861-1931
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
Thomas N. McClung papers
Thomas R. Armes diary
Collection — Folder S3257
Identifier: S3257
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a diary from Thomas R. Armes in 1862 regarding life in the Union army, weather, and troop movements during the U.S. Civil War.
Dates:
1862
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
Thomas R. Armes diary
William Depoy letter
Collection — Folder S0354
Identifier: S0354
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photocopy of a letter from William Depoy in Cairo, Missouri to his brother and sister ranging from on March 14, 1862 regarding his service with the Union Army, military life, and recent battles.
Dates:
1862/03/14
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
William Depoy letter
William Dunn Hynes papers
Collection — Folder S709
Identifier: S0709
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed, signed letters from William Dunn Hynes in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee ranging from 1862 to 1865 regarding life in the Army and being a captive of the Confederates and an autographed, signed letter from William P. Duval in Florida on 1826/08/18 regarding territorial politics.
Dates:
1826, 1862-1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
William Dunn Hynes papers
William Harrison Carlisle collection
Collection — Folder S0220
Identifier: S0220
Scope and Contents
There are three photocopied items in this collection, two letters, and a discharge certificate. Both letters were written from Christiana, Tennessee, where the 33rd Indiana Regiment camped from November 5, 1863 until February 1864. On February 25, 1864, 450 veterans received furloughs, and, upon their return, the regiment joined General William T. Sherman’s army.On January 27, 1864, Harrison wrote to his parents about Col. John Coburn’s “mighty good speech” about the war ending in...
Dates:
1864-1865
William R. Ellis letter
Collection — Folder S2647
Identifier: S2647
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photocopy of a December 19, 1863 letter written by William R. Ellis from Bridgeport, Alabama while serving with the 48th Indiana Infantry during the Civil War. The letter is addressed to "Dear Sister Em" and Ellis mentions that he's marched over 300 miles, fought in a battle, and was uncertain where they'd go next. He also notes that the "soldier boys" had received new clothes and comments on the cold weather.
Dates:
1863/12/19
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
William R. Ellis letter
