Soldiers
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 206 Collections and/or Records:
Schoen family collection
Collection
Identifier: L138
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of family letters written by John, Joe, and Anne Schoen ranging from 1948 to 1962. The letters related to family activities and John's experiences training in the army and serving in Germany.
Dates:
1948-1962
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Schoen family collection
Siege of Corinth, Civil War letter
Collection — Folder S2617
Identifier: S2617
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a single letter created by an unidentified Union soldier on May 19, 1862 regarding his experience at the Siege of Corinth, which took place from April 29th to May 30th, 1862. The letter specifically discusses the soldier's health, his regiment's movements, the weather, his experience on pickett, and his thoughts on his commanding officers and what the Union army will do next.
Dates:
1862
Staudt family papers
Collection
Identifier: L532
Scope and Contents
This collection consists primarily of Carl and John M. Staudt's World War I letters and postcards sent to their parents and brother, Lawrence, in Indianapolis, Indiana and to their sister and brother-in-law, Joseph H. and Bertha Brown, in Brownsburg, Indiana from Camp Sherman, Ohio, Camp Merritt, New Jersey, Ft. Wadsworth, Staten Island, New York, and from Belgium and France ranging from 1918 to 1919. The collection also contains two postcards sent by Carlos and Clarence Brown, brothers of...
Dates:
1881, 1918-1919
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Staudt family papers
Steve Peacock Gulf War letters
Collection — Folder S2938
Identifier: S2938
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two letters written by Steve Peacock in Saudi Arabia in 1991 to the students and staff at Cowan High School and Elayne Barr and newspaper staff.
Dates:
1991
Tara Cooper, Operation Desert Storm, Persian Gulf War collection
Collection — Folder S2929
Identifier: S2929
Scope and Contents
This collection includes six photocopied letters, Operation Desert Storm stickers, two posters, a newspaper clipping and yellow ribbon from Hancock County, Indiana celebrations during 1991. The letters in the collection are responses from a Valentine's Day card sent by Pat and Ron Underwood's granddaughter, Tara Cooper during the conflict.
Dates:
1991
Taylor Landers collection
Collection — Folder OBC080
Identifier: OBC080
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documents certifying that Taylor Landers was honorably discharged from the United States Army after serving during the Civil War and a certificate of appreciation for honorable service from President Lincoln.
Dates:
1864-1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Taylor Landers collection
Terre Haute Rifles, Indiana Legion minute book
Collection — Folder S2051
Identifier: S2051
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the minute book for the Terre Haute Rifles of the Indiana Legion containing entries ranging from 1889 to 1901. The meetings included discussions regarding drilling, rifle practice, parade invitations, drill contests, dances, theatrical fundraising ventures, and other social affairs. Other matters recorded include disciplinary matters, discharges from service and arrests. In March of 1894, "Resolutions of Respect" were declared and recorded for Private George Taylor upon...
Dates:
1889-1901
Thomas Jackson collection
Collection — Folder S0713
Identifier: S0713
Scope and Contents
This collection contains original papers, letters, and booklets from Thomas Jackson ranging from 1855 to 1908. Folder two contains pension requests for Jackson and other veterans. There is a Grand Army of the Republic ribbon and a badge. The collection also includes an 8-page document narrates Lovell Harrison Rousseau’s raid into Alabama and Georgia.
Dates:
1855-1908
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Thomas Jackson collection
Thomas N. McClung papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2628
Scope and Contents
This collection includes thirty-four letters written by Thomas N. McClung while he was a Union soldier during the Civil War to his family. Also included are three photographs, one newspaper clipping, and a copy of the "History of the Seventeenth Indiana: It's Marches and Battles."
Dates:
1861-1931
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Thomas N. McClung papers
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
