United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 115 Collections and/or Records:
Milton Chamberlin diary
Collection — Folder S3101
Identifier: S3101
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a diary kept by Milton Chamberlin during a portion of his service in the 4th Ohio Cavalry, as well as photocopies of a history and roster of the regiment. The diary contains three parts: memoranda (March 2-17, 1862); company rosters (March-May 1862); and the diary itself (November 16, 1861-August 25, 1862), which can be reached by reversing the book.Chamberlin recorded in his diary information from dispatches, newspapers and rumor, although he was careful to...
Dates:
1861-1862
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Milton Chamberlin diary
Mrs. Paul Seehausen collection
Collection — Folder S1163
Identifier: S1163
Scope and Contents
The collection includes typed copies of two items, 23 pages total. The first item includes two letters written by Benjamin Franklin Sibert, Company A, Ninety-third Indiana Regiment, to his mother, Rebecca Sibert, in July of 1863 during the Siege of Vicksburg. The letters, consisting of 11 pages, indicated that Sibert was stationed at Camp Bear Creek, fifteen miles from Vicksburg, Mississippi. The letters mention Generals Sherman and Joe Sherman, as well as his comrades John M....
Dates:
1863, 1891
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, Indiana collection
Collection
Identifier: L229
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed transcripts of original diaries, correspondence, newspaper articles, poems, and other papers concerning Ripley County, Indiana ranging from 1822 to 1937, as well as articles and histories about specific aspects of the county's history, including churches, towns, schools, organizations, events, families, and the U.S. Civil War.
Dates:
1822-1937
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, a war diary, a scrapbook, newspaper clippings, advertising cards, photographs, receipts, ephemera, and business, legal and financial papers from Samuel J. Keller and the Keller family in Bluffton, Indiana, California, Minnesota, and the United States, ranging from 1848 to 1972, concerning Keller's daily life, business concerns, family, and military service in the U.S.-Mexican and Civil wars.There is also an oversize appointment certificate for...
Dates:
1848-1972
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Samuel J. Keller papers
Samuel Merrill papers
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 papers
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
