United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 112 Collections and/or Records:
Alan Cloe letters
Collection — Folder S267
Identifier: S0267
Scope and Contents
This collection includes seven letters from members of Alan Cloe's family, beginning in 1858 and concluding with a letter written in 1945. The first letter from John Frazier in Dublin, Indiana, was to his children and grandchildren, and was addressed to Joseph Hussey in Carmel, Indiana. He wrote: "we are getting very fearful of bank notes as banks are breaking." John Hussey wrote four letters during his Civil War service, in 1861 and 1862, from Kentucky. He served in Company F, 10th...
Dates:
1858-1873, 1945
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Alan Cloe letters
Albert Alyea diary
Collection — Folder S018
Identifier: S0018
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the diary of Albert Alyea. Included in the diary are notes about the birth and death dates of his family, his accounts with various stores, weather reports, his barn raising, and accounts of what he sold to other individuals. Alyea also uses the diary to write about his time spent in the Union Army during the Civil War. The diary also contains several additional items, including a newspaper clipping about new fishing laws, a real estate appraisal, and a newspaper...
Dates:
1861-1883
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Albert Alyea diary
Alfred Gude collection
Collection — Folder S0556
Identifier: S0556
Scope and Contents
This typed paper of Alfred Gude’s Civil War experiences tells of the awful conditions as a Union prisoner, of his three attempted escapes, and his final successful escape from Confederate captivity.
After two years of hard fighting, Alfred was captured on May 3, 1863, near Rome, Georgia, by General Nathan Bedford Forrest and General Rody. As prisoners, the Union soldiers were sent to Atlanta, and then shipped to Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. In Libby, they were closely guarded for a...
Dates:
1949
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Alfred Gude collection
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Andrew J. Johnson diary
Asa E. Sample diary
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1136
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 3 folders containing a photocopy of a 117-page diary from Asa E. Sample of Knightstown, Indiana, ranging from December 9, 1862 to December 21, 1863 regarding his experiences during the Civil War as an enlisted soldier with the 54th Infantry Regiment, Company E.
Dates:
1862-1863
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Asa E. Sample diary
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
B. J. Warden Battle of Gettysburg personal narrative
Collection — Folder S1361
Identifier: S1361
Scope and Contents
The collection contains one document on three full sheets and one half sheet of green paper detailing B. J. Warden’s experience at the Battle of Gettysburg during the U.S. Civil War, July 1-4, 1863.July 1, 1863 B. J. Warden was in the 4th Brigade under John R. Brook, 1st Division, 2nd Corps. The men came from Centerville across the Potomac River. He was not in the first day’s fighting, on July 1, because they stopped for muster so payrolls could be made out. They arrived in...
Dates:
1863/07/01-1863/07/04
Bailiff family papers
Collection — Folder S0051
Identifier: S0051
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a series of photocopied letters primarily between Daniel Bailiff and his wife, Harriet. The correspondence spans from 15 December 1861 to 10 August 1864. In addition, the collection has a copy of Bailiff’s discharge certificate from the Union Army, a brief history of Bailiff’s church, a money order from Bailiff to his brother, obituaries of Bailiff and his wife, and two newspaper articles about Bailiff’s son, Winthrop.
Dates:
1861-1935
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Bailiff family papers
Beck family papers
Collection
Identifier: L133
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence written by Elias W. H. Beck to his wife and father-in-law Samuel Milroy during the Mexican-American War and the Civil War. Also included are letters written from Walter Beck to Frances Keith during the Philippine Insurrections; Beck’s photography from the Philippines and Japan is also included.
Dates:
1827-1899
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Beck family papers
Ben Albert letters
Collection — Folder S010
Identifier: S0010
Scope and Contents
This collection contains letters written by Ben Albert to his brother in 1862. Albert discusses life in the army, sending money and clothing home, and family life. Both letters are photocopied from the original. Due to the poor quality of the copy, transcripts are available.
Dates:
1862
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ben Albert letters
