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Military life

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 65 Collections and/or Records:

Hugh D. Gallagher papers

 Collection — Folder S0498
Identifier: S0498
Scope and Contents This collection contains typewritten copies of correspondence and military papers of Bernard F. Mullen and Hugh D. Gallagher from the U.S. Civil War. Ranging from November 20, 1863 to February 1, 1865, the copies include circulars, special orders, and a partial letter sent by Col. Mullen to Gallagher; a letter from Assistant Surgeon G. A. Kunker regarding Mullen's illness; 2 letters sent by Gallagher to his brother and sister; and military orders sent to Gallagher by Lt. Col. A. G. Tassin from...
Dates: 1863-1865

Jacob Baldwin collection

 Collection
Identifier: L379
Scope and Contents This collection includes letters, photographs, newspaper articles, and other materials from Jacob Baldwin in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1898 to 1964 regarding World War 1 military life, family, education, employment at the Barbasol Company, and interurban railways.

There is also an undated panoramic photograph of Company C, 152nd Infantry (OBD026).
Dates: 1898-1964

Jacob S. McCullough collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: L287
Scope and Contents This collection includes McCullough's Civil War diaries and an order book for the 37th Indiana Infantry ranging from 1861 to 1864.
Dates: 1861-1864

James C. Vanderbilt collection

 Collection
Identifier: L547
Scope and Contents The collection consists of Civil War letters from James C. Vanderbilt to his mother and aunt in New Albany, Indiana, ranging from 1861 to 1868, written while serving in Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia.
Dates: 1861-1868

James H. St John diary

 Collection — Folder S1235
Identifier: S1235
Scope and Contents This colleciton comprises a transcribed and typed diary from James H. St. John in 1863, concerning his service with the 83rd Indiana Regiment during the U.S. Civil War.
Dates: 1863

James L. Wheelock collection

 Collection — Folder S1938
Identifier: S1938
Scope and Contents This collection includes eleven letters written by James L. Wheelock during his service with the 113th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the U.S. Civil War. Ranging from October 1862 to August 1863, the letters were sent to his father and to William Winslow from camps in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. The collection also includes two letters sent to Mr. Winslow on October 11, 1863 by Captain Levi Nichols and George W. Brigham of the 113th regarding Wheelock's death and a November 22, 1863...
Dates: 1862-1863

James M. Hart Civil War diary

 Collection — Folder S0604
Identifier: S0604
Scope and Contents The collection consists of a 25-page typed manuscript created by Jerry M. Easley in 1974, containing the typed transcript of the James Hart diary dated 1863. The document includes 7 pages of introductory materials with background information on the 7th Indiana Regiment and the battles, campaigns, and military engagements in which the regiment and Hart participated, including Battles of Port Republic, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Bristoe, Wilderness, Laurel Hill and Spotsylvania.
Dates: 1863, 1974

James O. Walton collection

 Collection — Folder S1355
Identifier: S1355
Scope and Contents This collection includes typed copies of letters which James O. Walton sent to his wife Mary Ann ranging from February 1864 to January 1865 during the American Civil War, with information about military life, Generals William Sherman and John Bell Hood, the presidential election, and health.
Dates: 1864-1865

James W. Daniels diary

 Collection — Folder S2601
Identifier: S2601
Scope and Contents This collection includes a typewritten transcription of a diary kept by James W. Daniels when he served with the 4th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry during the U.S. Civil War. Ranging from September 1861 to December 1862, his entries are narratives of the movements and actions of his regiment.
Dates: 1861-1862

Jeffrey Gunter letter

 Collection — Folder S2931
Identifier: S2931
Scope and Contents This collection includes a photostat of one letter, dated 1991, from Jeffery Gunter to his mother, Gloria, regarding his time during the Persian Gulf War.
Dates: 1991