United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 112 Collections and/or Records:
Orion A. Bartholomew collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0072
Scope and Contents
Collection includes letters mainly written by Orion A. Bartholomew to his family while at Indiana Asbury University, while serving in the Union Army during civil war with the 15th Regiment, United States Colored Troops, and after the civil war.The collection contains additional correspondence from Orion’s brothers Levi Bartholomew, W. F. [William Frank] Bartholomew, and niece Nell Ward Scearce to her mother Laura Bartholomew.Also included are programs from Indiana Asbury...
Dates:
1854-1894
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
Ripley County collection
Collection
Identifier: L229
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an autographed, signed letter from a meeting attendee in Ripley County and typed transcripts and documents from residents of Ripley County ranging from 1822 to 1937 regarding family and organizational histories and the U.S> Civil War.
Dates:
1822-1937
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ripley County collection
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Samuel F. Mason diary
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
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Samuel Merrill collection
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
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Sydney C. Kerksis papers
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Teter family 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
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Thomas R. Armes diary
Thomas W. Ervin papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3263
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photocopies of the papers of Thomas W. Ervin. Included is a
"Soldier Boy in Blue" which presents a brief account of William L. Ervin's Civil War
service and also includes general Civil War History and a brief genealogy of the Ervin
and Slater families. Also included here is "Random Reminiscences" which provides
some childhood memories of Thomas W. Ervin, as well as a letter to his cousin William
E. Ervin, a prominent attorney in Hartford City (1961).
Dates:
1961
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Thomas W. Ervin papers
