Soldiers
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 206 Collections and/or Records:
Edward S. Scott journal
Collection — Folder S1154
Identifier: S1154
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a signed, typed transcript of Edward S. Scott’s journal, dated February 9-18, 1864, describing his attempted escape from Libby Prison in Richmond Virginia through the Yankee tunnel with over 100 other prisoners of war.
Dates:
1864
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Edward S. Scott journal
Edward W. Nicholson papers
Collection — Folder S1554
Identifier: S1554
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of certificates, statements, letters, affidavits, transcripts of marraige and death records, and muster rolls relating to the Civil War veteran's pension of Edward W. Nicholson and his widow Emily Ellen Nicholson, ranging from 1861 to 1915.
Dates:
1861-1915
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Edward W. Nicholson papers
Eliza A. Hardy letter
Collection — Folder S0589
Identifier: S0589
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a letter written by Eliza A. Hardy to her cousin on February 12, 1863. She mentions letters she received from her brothers, Morris and Sol, and from Dave Morton and Libe (?) who were all serving in Company A, 16th Indiana Regiment. She relates some of what the soldiers were experiencing while traveling "down the river", mentions Arkansas Post, and that she is talking of "going as a nurse to Memphis."
Dates:
1863/02/12
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Eliza A. Hardy letter
Elizabeth Bevington collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0113
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of letters to Hannah Johnson from George Johnson of the 65th Ohio Regiment and Amos Johnson of the 4th Ohio Regiment. Also included are other Civil War letters from Hamilton County and the 46th Indiana Regiment. The collection also has school papers, teachers’ licenses, certificates of the Mapel Oil Company, Terre Haute, Indiana and advertisements for lectures and theatrical performances in the area.There is also an oversize shares certificate which belonged...
Dates:
1861-1915
Erasmus W. Reed letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2239
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 60 letters written by Erasmus W. Reed and sent to his family while he served in Company B, 96th Pennsylvania volunteer infantry during the U.S. Civil War. Ranging from October 1861 to July 30, 1864, the letters were written mostly from camps in Maryland and Virginia, but one was written "on the road between Gettysburg and Chambersburg, Pa." Three letters in the collection are undated and three others are undated and incomplete.
Dates:
1861-1864
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Erasmus W. Reed letters
Erich L. Riesterer collection
Collection
Identifier: L450
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a transcript of an oral memoir in German, documents, and photographs from Erich L. Riesterer ranging from 1900 to 1977 regarding military service with German troops occupying the Ukraine during World War I. The oral interview was conducted by his son, Berthold P. Riesterer, a history professor at Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI), during 1975-1977 and transcribed 1976-1977. Notable items also include a German passport (travel pass) and a...
Dates:
circa 1900-1977
Ernest Meyer collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0947
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers related to Ernest Meyer's time spent in the U.S. military during World War I. The papers include telegrams, a roster, instructional materials, mess accounts, and other ephemera. Oversize material includes comprises 4 certificates from the South Side Turnverein in Indianapolis (1911-1922) and World War I-related material, including a broadside for the 149th Field Hospital, 113th Sanitary Train (1917) and a publication, "The World's Greatest War," which...
Dates:
1911-1922
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ernest Meyer collection
Frank E. Stevenson collection
Collection — Folder S2585
Identifier: S2585
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one 34-page, typed manuscript and one envelope front from Frank E. Stevenson in Rockville, Indiana from about 1913 regarding the state of preparedness of the U.S. military for war. The envelope is addressed to Major F. E. Stevenson, Field Artillery Ind. Nat. Guard, Rockville, Ind., with a return address of War Department, Division of Militia Affairs and marked "Official Business." Written on the envelope is "Report 7055/76," "Are we prepared for war," and "Rockville...
Dates:
1913/03/04
Frank E. Stevenson papers
Collection — Folder S2451
Identifier: S2451
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Frank E. Stevenson's military commission papers ranging from 1882 to 1909 for his service with the McCune Cadets, the Indiana National Guard, and as aide-de-camp to the governor. Other documents related to his military service include an invitation to the February 22, 1887 first annual ball of the Rockville Light Artillery; a circa 1910 document regarding the National Guard Association's recommendations for legislation regarding the National Guard; 4 handwritten copies...
Dates:
1882-1944
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Frank E. Stevenson papers
Frank Marshall Moorman papers
Collection
Identifier: L111
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs, certificates, newspaper articles, recipes, an autograph book, scrapbooks, and correspondence from Frank Marshall Moorman and others in Lafayette and Indianapolis, Indiana and France ranging from 1879 to 1952, regarding family matters, club business, education, university life, and military orders, ranks and service during World War I.
Dates:
1879-1952; undated
