Indiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 124 Collections and/or Records:
Samuel K. Harryman letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0603
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Civil War letters from Samuel K. Harryman to Margaret Moore of Mooresville, Indiana while he was serving with 70th Indiana Infantry Regiment in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and the Carolina from 1862 to 1865.
Dates:
1862-1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Samuel K. Harryman letters
Sarah F. Baker letters
Collection — Folder S0057
Identifier: S0057
Scope and Contents
This collection contains three letters written by Sarah F. Baker to her cousin Lib. The letters concern social, political, and familial matters that are primarily related to the Civil War.
Dates:
1863-1864
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Sarah F. Baker letters
Sarah P. Walker Dorsey collection
Collection — Folder S1936
Identifier: S1936
Scope and Contents
This collection includes twenty five calling cards and invitations given to Sarah "Sallie" P. Walker and William L. Dorsey of Princeton, Indiana (1848-1857). The bulk of the calling cards contain short notes requesting the company of the recipient to attend social events in the community. The collection also includes the minutes kept by Mr. Dorsey regarding an August 11, 1864 "Rebel Raid Meeting" of the citizens of Princeton and vicinity for the purpose of organizing a company to protect...
Dates:
1848-1864
Soldiers Relief Society records book
Collection — Folder S2406
Identifier: S2406
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a bound volume containing the records of the Soldiers Relief Society of La Porte County, Indiana ranging from 1861 to 1865. The book was created circa 1894 by Arthur W. Cochran from a 1869 copy made by his mother, H.V. (Andrew) Cochran, a member and assistant to the secretary of the society. The book contains the organization's constitution and an article about the society written for publication by the secretary. During the U.S. Civil War, the society sent a total of...
Dates:
circa 1894
Sons of Liberty newspaper clipping
Collection — Folder S1618
Identifier: S1618
Scope and Contents
This collection comrpises one newspaper sheet, printed on both sides, of the Indianapolis Daily Journal on August 2, 1864 regarding the exposure of the Sons of Liberty as an anti-Lincoln group of men in the Midwest. The report identifies the society's leadership, goals, rituals, and passwords.
Dates:
1864
Subordinate Union Club of Indiana collection
Collection — Folder S2613
Identifier: S2613
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a charter for the Subordinate Union Club No. 6 issued by the Subordinate Union Club of Indiana in Indianapolis, dated June 16, 1862, authorizing present officers and members in Illinois to “do and perform all and every such acts and things appertaining to the U.C. organization, as have been and ought to be done for the safety and support of the Union...” The document has a handwritten notation at the top from J. H. Oakwood on May 29, 1890. There is also a transcript...
Dates:
1862-1863
Thomas H. B. Sibel collection
Collection — Folder S2213
Identifier: S2213
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of letters written by Thomas H.B. Sibel and sent to his father and family from August 1861 to July 1863 during his service with the 20th Indiana Regiment during the U.S. Civil War. Other photocopied items in the collection include a June 11, 1843 letter sent to Aaron Black of Newtown, Indiana from his brother M. Black of Lawrenceburg; October 1853 letters written by William and Catharine Howe from Polk County, Oregon Territory and sent to friends in Newtown...
Dates:
1843-1863
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. Lankford Civil War discharge paper
Collection — Folder S2433
Identifier: S2433
Scope and Contents
This collection includes Thomas Lankford's military discharge from his service with Company G, 59th Indiana Regiment during the American Civil War. Dated July 17, 1865, the discharge paper was given at Louisville, Kentucky.
Dates:
1865/07/17
Thomas Worthington Camp Morton papers
Collection — Folder S1524
Identifier: S1524
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a photocopy of the submission “Civil War Letters of Confederate Cavalryman and Dallasite, Thomas Payne Worthington,” a contribution of 9 pages in length, excerpted from the June 1980 issue of The Quarterly of the Dallas Genealogical Society (specifically, pages 91-99). The items in the compilation include 3 diary entries and 15 letters, most of the letters having been written by Thomas Payne Worthington from Camp Morton in...
Dates:
1980
