Indiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 123 Collections and/or Records:
Cecil Beeson collection
Collection
Identifier: L566
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed, autographed and photocopied documents from various people, government and private organizations collected by local genealogist and historian Cecil Beeson in Blackford County, Indiana, ranging from 1838 to 1972 regarding family histories, biographies, U.S. Civil War documents, church histories and governmental records.There is an oversize document, "The Early History of the First Baptist Church of Montpelier, Indiana" by Rev. C. H. Kendall, circa 1908...
Dates:
1839-1972, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Cecil Beeson collection
Charles H. Davis certificate
Collection — Folder OB080
Identifier: OB080
Scope and Contents
This collection includes Charles H. Davis's certificate of appointment to the rank of sergeant in Company A, 19th Indiana Regiment signed by Col. Solomon Meredith at the head quarters of the regiment at Fort Craig, Virginia on October 14, 1861. The certificate is also signed by Adjutant of the Regiment John P. Wood.
Dates:
1861/10/14
Civil War collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1512
Scope and Contents
This collection includes various badges (ribbons) from regimental reunions and veterans organizations' meetings, such as the Grand Army of the Republic and the Women's Relief Corps (WRC),in Indiana ranging from 1877 to 1921. There is also a postcard to John A. Cottman from William W. Dudley in Richmond, Indiana on June 20, 1873 regarding badges of the "Iron Brigade," which included the 19th Indiana Regiment. There are also 3 bound volumes containing photo-offset copies of...
Dates:
1873-1921
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Civil War collection
Clement R. Strahan collection
Collection — Folder S1853
Identifier: S1853
Scope and Contents
This collection includes pages 225-255 from Clement R. Stahan's copy of the revised edition of Manual of the Civil War and Key to the Grand Army of the Republic and Kindred Societies, a book written by J. Worth Carnahan and published by the U.S. Army and Navy Historical Association in 1899. The collection includes an army discharge certificate filled out by Strahan with information regarding his February 18, 1866 discharge (p.225); an unused honorable discharge...
Dates:
1899-1902
Coffey family papers
Collection — Folder S2475
Identifier: S2475
Scope and Contents
This collection contains various papers of the Coffey family, including a December 1, 1851 land grant for property in Owen County, Indiana issued to Joshua Kelly, a private in Captain Miller's Company of the Kentucky Volunteers during the War of 1812; a certificate issued December 31, 1946 by the Indiana Adjutant General's Office certifying Edward R. Bladen's service with Company H, 10th Indiana Regiment during the U.S. Civil War; and a certificate of Joel A. Coffey's appointment as postmaster...
Dates:
1851-circa 1983
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Coffey family papers
Company G, 146th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry Soldiers Memorial broadside
Collection — Folder OBC014
Identifier: OBC014
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a Soldiers Memorial to Company G, 146th Regiment of the Indiana Volunteer Infantry. The item lists all the men who served in the company.
Dates:
circa 1865
Curtis family history
Collection — Folder S3109
Identifier: S3109
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a typescript family history entitled "Curtis Family History." The history begins in the year 1763 with Lottie Relander's great-great grandfather, who lived in Virginia in the early 1770s, and concludes with the 1870 marriage of Mary Gregg, Lottie Relander's mother, to Charles Relander, an immigrant from Sweden living in Danville, Indiana. Prominent family names mentioned in the history are Curtis, Sanders, Kirkendall, Reed, Ross, King, Stapp, and Relander. The family...
Dates:
1949
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Curtis family history
Daniel F. Griffin collection
Collection
Identifier: L060
Scope and Contents
The collection includes 44 original Civil War letters from Griffin to his wife, Mary Compton, in New Albany, Indiana, and photostat family letters from before the war. The collection also includes typed transcripts of 277 of his Civil War letters to his wife, as well as a notebook containing notes on regimental accounts and several hand drawn maps.
Dates:
1847-1883
David L. Elliott collection
Collection
Identifier: L051
Scope and Contents
The collection contains U.S. Civil War materials of David L. Elliott. Included are family correspondence, discharge papers, family photographs, bible, receipts, distribution rolls, certificates, ribbons of reunions, political campaign badges, and a Civil War diary (1864–1865). The collection also contains a history of the Battle of Chickamauga by Captain J.C. McElroy. There is also an 1865 muster-out roll for the 75th Regiment and Warren County postmaster appointment certificates from 1898 and...
Dates:
1845-1910
Edward L. Andrews letter
Collection — Folder S027
Identifier: S0027
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a letter from Edward L. Andrews in Indianapolis, Indiana to his mother, Sarah E. Andrews, on June 14, 1863 regarding watch duties, the capturing of Confederates, and treason while serving with the Union army during the American Civil War.
Dates:
1863/06/14
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Edward L. Andrews letter
