United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 116 Collections and/or Records:
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
Urban Baldwin diary
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0059
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the original handwritten journal as well as a typed transcript version of Urban Baldwin’s experiences fighting for the Union Army during the Civil War. The diary spans the spring and part of the summer of 1865. Baldwin records much about army camp life and details of skirmishes and small battles.
Dates:
1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Urban Baldwin diary
William B. Galways diary
Collection — Folder S0500
Identifier: S0500
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photocopy of a handwritten diary from William B. Galways ranging from 1862 to 1863 regarding military life during the U.S. Civil War and family matters.
Dates:
1862/03/26-1863/12/31
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William B. Galways diary
William C. Olds letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1029
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the letters of William C. Olds to his father, Frank A. Olds, and aunt during the U.S. Civil War, ranging from 1862 to 1865. Also included are letters to Frank A. Olds from Capt. D. Morris of the 63rd Indiana Regiment.
Dates:
1862-1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William C. Olds letters
William Davis Everitt collection
Collection — Folder S3239
Identifier: S3239
Scope and Contents
This collection includes printed black-and-white scans of two photographs and 56 letters from William Davis Everitt in the United States to his wife, Matilda E. Everitt, and children in Indiana, ranging from 1862 to 1865, while he was serving with the 81st Indiana Infantry Regiment during the U.S. Civil War. The photographs are a portrait of Everitt in uniform and a group portrait of Everitt, his wife, and four of their children in front of their Scott County home in the late 1800s. There is...
Dates:
1862-1865
William H. Judkins papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0749
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed diaries from William H. Judkins in Mishawaka, Indiana ranging from 1861 to 1865 regarding Civil War; two locks of hair from the diary covering 1861/10/07 to 1862/05/04; and an autographed, signed letter from Nathan Boys in Mishawaka, Indiana on 1826/08/10 regarding family business.
Dates:
1861-1932
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William H. Judkins papers
William H. Records papers
Collection
Identifier: L131
Scope and Contents
This collection includes diaries from William H. Records in Rising Sun, Indiana and the United States ranging from 1862 to 1865 and 1904 regarding his military service with the 72nd Indiana Regiment during the U.S. Civil War and life as a farmer in Rising Sun. There are also photocopies of the more fragile diaries, as well as miscellaneous papers (1855-1864) and a manuscript by Records based on his Civil War diaries.
Dates:
1862-1865, 1904
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William H. Records papers
William H. Thurman letters
Collection — Folder S1313
Identifier: S1313
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopied letters of the William Thurman family, including letters written during the Civil War. On January 16, 1861, Floyd Thurman wrote to his brother Marion about visiting the city of Evansville. The January 29, 1861 letter to "Esteemed Friend" (Marion Thurman, Grandview, Spencer County, Indiana) has a photo of Major-General Siegel on the envelope. This letter, written by J. M. Fleming, tells about the men having measles. Mr. Fleming wrote: "it makes recruiting...
Dates:
1861-1887
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William H. Thurman letters
