Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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
Jacob Stoler letter
Collection — Folder S2665
Identifier: S2665
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a transcript of an original letter from Jacob Stoler to his mother. Stoler was located in College Hill, Mississippi at the time. The letter discusses the movements of the 100th Regiment, taking supplies from abandoned Confederate camps, and death and burial of soldiers. It is dated 1862/12/07.
Dates:
1862/12/07
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Jacob Stoler 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
William H. Seward letters
Collection — Folder S1760
Identifier: S1760
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two letters written by William H. Seward while he served as United States Secretary of State. The first letter is dated November 22, 1865 and was sent to George P. March, U.S. Ambassador to Italy, as a letter of introduction for Governor Oliver P. Morton. The second letter is dated February 11, 1867 and was sent to Lieutenant Governor Conrad Baker, acting Governor of Indiana in the absence of Governor Morton, regarding Indiana's ratification of the 14th Amendment to the...
Dates:
1863-1867
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William H. Seward letters