Soldiers
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 206 Collections and/or Records:
Kellogg and Plessinger family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1480
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence and documents of the Kellogg and Plessinger families ranging from 1832 to 1920. There are a large number of letters from Francis Nelson Kellogg to his parents and sister while serving with Company K, 75th Indiana Regiment during the U.S. Civil War and typewritten transcriptions of most of his letters; letters from Benjamin F. Wiley and James B. Plessinger while they were serving in the war; and a letter and two invoices from J. W. Keely, acting assistant...
Dates:
1832-1920
L. N. Rosenthal, "Hoosier City" lithograph
Collection — Folder S2837
Identifier: S2837
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one lithograph from L. N. Rosenthal depicting Camp Hallack near Frederick City, Maryland in the winter of 1862 showing the encampment of the 27th Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
Dates:
1862
L. W. Moore, Camp Shelby World War I panoramic photograph
Collection — Folder OBF022
Identifier: OBF022
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a black-and-white panoramic photograph taken by L. W. Moore at Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on May 4, 1918 of the Headquarters Company of the 137th Field Artillery, 38th Division of the U.S. Army.
Dates:
1918/05/04
Lakin family correspondence
Collection — Folder S0798
Identifier: S0798
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence between members of the Lakin family of Plainfield, Indiana ranging from 1861 to 1863. The collection includes a letter written by M. Calvert (Mary Lakin Calvert) from Plainfield to "Dear Brother" with L.S. Lakin written at the bottom (January 1, 1861); a letter written on the back of Mary's letter from J.W. Lakin (Joseph W.) to "Dear Father" and sent from Camp McCauley, Paducah, Kentucky (January 12, 1862); a letter from Plainfield from J. W. (John...
Dates:
1861-1863
Leeson family papers
Collection — Folder S1301
Identifier: S1301
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises wartime letters and a document ranging from 1813 to 1865, concerning members of the Leeson family. One letter and a document concern Lieutenant __ Leeson and necessary supplies during the War of 1812. Three other letters are from Henry Clay Leeson to family regarding his military service at Vicksburg, as well as Fort Gibson, Grand Gulf, and Magnolia Bluffs, during the U.S. Civil War in 1863. There is also a letter to Major Moses D. Leeson of the 5th Indiana Cavalry on...
Dates:
1813-1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Leeson family papers
Lotus N. Mobley, French Croix de Guerre letter and certificate
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1879
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a September 1, 1925 letter signed by United States Adjutant General John B. Shuman and sent to Jesse I. Mobley of Indianapolis, Indiana. The letter accompanied a certificate granting the Croix de Guerre award from the French Ministry of War (République Française Ministère de la Guerre) in Paris, France to Lotus N. Mobley, dated February 28, 1925, for his service fighting against the Germans and their allies during World War I (OBC029).
Dates:
1925/02/28; 1925/09/01
Margaret B. Paulus, Papers of General Robert Huston Milroy compilation
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: V103
Scope and Contents
This collection includes four bound volumes containing typewritten transcriptions of General Robert Huston Milroy’s papers that range from 1854 to 1910. The papers were compiled and transcribed by Margaret B. Paulus in 1965 and include Milroy’s family and military correspondence, newspaper articles, and other documents related to Milroy’s life and his service in the Civil War.
Dates:
1965
Mark A. Mayberry letters
Collection — Folder S2933
Identifier: S2933
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of two letters written by Mark A. Mayberry to his parents while serving in Saudi Arabia during Persian Gulf War and a newspaper clipping concerning Sgt. Mayberry, from 1990.
Dates:
1990
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Mark A. Mayberry letters
Marvin E. Coffman, World War II photograph album
Collection — Folder SP160
Identifier: SP160
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photograph with black-and-white snapshot photographs taken by Marvin E. Coffman in Japan during Fall 1945 after the Japanese surrendered at the end of World War II. The photographs concern scenes and people in Japan where Coffman was stationed, including American soldiers and military police, Japanese civilians, buildings, local sights, army checkpoints and sites, and destruction from the war. There are also a few pages of Japanese and American stamps.
Dates:
1945
Mathias B. Collins diary
Collection — Folder S1902
Identifier: S1902
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of the diary kept by Matthias B. Collins while serving with Company I, 33rd Indiana Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. Written in an 1863 pocket diary, the entries start on January 1 in camp at Danville, Kentucky and continue through to the end of the year. Photocopies of diary were donated by Edna Eugenia (Collins) Morlan, granddaughter of Matthias Collins.
Dates:
1863
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Mathias B. Collins diary
