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Military life

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 65 Collections and/or Records:

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

U.S.S. Indiana ribbons

 Collection — Folder S3001
Identifier: S3001
Scope and Contents This collection includes two ribbons from the hats of sailors onboard the U.S.S. Indiana, probably ranging in date from 1893 to 1919.
Dates: undated

William H. Hulley collection

 Collection — Folder S3253
Identifier: S3253
Scope and Contents The collection consists of original Civil War correspondence to William and Mary Ann Hulley from their son, William H. Hulley, and the Farrell brothers ranging from 1861 to 1863. The collection also includes an October 23, 1861 military special order and an undated obituary for Mary Ann Ramsey Somerville.
Dates: 1861-1863

William W. Jones photograph album

 Collection — Folder SP046
Identifier: SP046
Scope and Contents This collection includes a photography album from William W. Jones in the United States, ranging from 1939 to 1963, regarding his training and service in World War II and the Korean War. The album contains photographs of Jones and other military personnel at various training camps including Fort Harrison, Indiana, Fort Benning, Georgia, and Fort Campbell, Kentucky. It also contains several pieces of paper ephemera including souvenirs, a medical record, ration and pay cards, a liberty pass,...
Dates: 1939-1963

William Y. Monroe letter

 Collection — Folder S0975
Identifier: S0975
Scope and Contents This collection contains a March 18, 1863 letter sent to John Rector and written by W. Y. Monroe from Triune, Tennessee while he was serving in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War. John Rector had returned home from serving with Company A, 82nd Indiana Infantry and Monroe was a captain in the company. Monroe mentions that Dan Marshall was dead, Cal Jillett was much better, and Isaac Elliott was sick. He also mentions that a box came the day after Rector left and he, Sam Rector, and "a...
Dates: 1863/03/18