Indiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
50th, 83rd, 93rd, 97th and 100th Indiana Regiments Volunteer descriptive lists and accounts of pay and clothing
Collection — Folder S2420
Identifier: S2420
Scope and Contents
This collection includes Volunteer Descriptive Lists and Account of Pay and Clothing forms for volunteers enlisted in the 50th, 83rd, 93rd, 97th or 100th Indiana Regiment. The majority of forms are for the 97th regiment. The forms include information on the volunteers name, rank, unit, hometown, occupation, physical description, muster information, pay information and clothing allotment.
Dates:
1862-1864
Homer S. Woodworth letter
Collection — Folder S1454
Identifier: S1454
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a July 2, 1863 letter written by Homer Woodworth and sent to his cousin Arvilla Reeves at Nettle Lake, Williams County, Ohio. Woodworth, a private in the 100th Indiana Regiment, wrote the letter while "encamped at Haines Bluffs on the Yazoo River about six miles from Vicksburg" during the siege of Vicksburg. He gave dates and some details regarding the regiment's travel from Collierville, Tennessee to Vicksburg and also mentioned that he'd been sick and wasn't with his...
Dates:
1863/07/02
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Homer S. Woodworth letter
James E. Pearce letters
Collection — Folder S1045
Identifier: S1045
Scope and Contents
Collection includes three letters from James E. Pearce on January 10, 1864 while serving under General Sherman during the Civil War; to James E. Pearce from Christian Long on February 9, 1826; and to James E. Pearce from Lizzie Olinger with an unknown date. Lizzie Olinger's letter includes song lyrics.
Dates:
1862-1864
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James E. Pearce letters