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Armed Forces

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Benjamin Hicks commission

 Collection — Folder S650
Identifier: S0650
Scope and Contents This collection includes a military commission from Governor David Wallace in Indiana in 1837 regarding Captain Benjamin Hicks.
Dates: 1837

Daniel Roberts correspondence

 Collection — Folder S1123
Identifier: S1123
Scope and Contents This collection includes 18 letters from Daniel Roberts to his mother and sister ranging from 1861 to 1864 regarding his experiences as a Union soldier during the U.S. Civil War. There is also a fragment of a letter written by Daniel and Sally Roberts in 1871.
Dates: 1861-1864; 1871

Eli H. Clampitt papers

 Collection — Folder S258
Identifier: S0258
Scope and Contents This collection includes photocopies of autographed, signed letters and autographed and typed transcripts of letters from Eli H. Clampitt in Indiana and Civil War locations ranging from 1861-1866, regarding family business and army life. Also included are two printed copies from the original tintypes of Eli H. Clampitt and Mark A. Clampitt with his wife, Mary Ann Fouch. The child's identity is unknown.
Dates: 1861-1866

Eva Faucett papers

 Collection — Folder S454
Identifier: S0454
Scope and Contents This collection includes autographed, signed letters and postcard from George Schrader in Missouri, Guam and Manila ranging from 1942 to 1945 regarding military service, friend and life back home.
Dates: 1942-1945

Frank E. Stevenson collection

 Collection — Folder S2585
Identifier: S2585
Scope and Contents This collection includes one 34-page, typed manuscript and one envelope front from Frank E. Stevenson in Rockville, Indiana from about 1913 regarding the state of preparedness of the U.S. military for war. The envelope is addressed to Major F. E. Stevenson, Field Artillery Ind. Nat. Guard, Rockville, Ind., with a return address of War Department, Division of Militia Affairs and marked "Official Business." Written on the envelope is "Report 7055/76," "Are we prepared for war," and "Rockville...
Dates: 1913/03/04

French-Chickasaw War of 1736 notebook

 Collection — Folder S1556
Identifier: S1556
Scope and Contents This notebook contains handwritten copies of documents from the Archives Nationales in Paris, France, transcribed in 1924, relating to the war between the French and the Chickasaw Indians in 1736. The records include accounts of the French troops' expedition against the Chickasaw tribe, given on June 28, 1736 and on March [May] 27, 1736 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville; a 1736 letter from Monsieur de Cremont to the minister; two accounts of the defeat of Pierre D'Artaguiette at the...
Dates: 1924

George Fitzhugh papers

 Collection — Folder S468
Identifier: S0468
Scope and Contents This collection includes photostat copies of autographed diary entries from George Fitzhugh in Madison, Indiana ranging from 1838 to 1842 regarding family, business and military matters.
Dates: 1838-1842

Jackman collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: G-018
Scope and Contents This collection includes genealogy research about the Jackman and related families ranging from 1893 to 1996. The collection also contains a DAR application, newspaper clippings from Indianapolis and photographs of the Zinkan, Jackman, Kidwell,and Truelove families.
Dates: 1893- 1996

Leslie A. Weaver photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P029
Scope and Contents This collection contains a variety of materials regarding Leslie A. Weaver’s life, particularly his military service, ranging from 1937 to 2005. It is arranged into three sections, photographs and slides, papers and records, and three-dimensional objects. The largest part of the collection is photographs which range from military portraits to images of Iwo Jima in 1945 to time spent in Japan after World War II to family photographs. These photographs are arranged chronologically. ...
Dates: 1937-2005

McCole family papers

 Collection
Identifier: S0882
Scope and Contents This collection includes family correspondence (both original and photostats), military papers, and a land grant from the McCole family, principally William and C.J. McCole, from 1834 to 1910 regarding the Civil War and family matters.
Dates: 1834-1910