Military life
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 79 Collections and/or Records:
Harry H. Coburn photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: SP032
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from Harry H. Coburn in Indianapolis and Greenfield, Indiana ranging from 1913 to 1927, regarding the impact of the 1913 flood on the White River and the surrounding areas, such as Riverside Park, near downtown Indianapolis; James Whitcomb Riley attending his final birthday celebration at the Murat Theatre in Indianapolis (October 7, 1915) and the parade at the the Riley celebration in Greenfield, Indiana (October, 1925); and events in Indianapolis during...
Dates:
1913-1927
Henry E. Wahl collection
Collection
Identifier: L172
Scope and Contents
The collection largely consists of letters to and from Henry E. Wahl, Jr. and his family in Bloomington, Indiana, California, Hawaii, the Philippines, and the Pacific theatre, ranging from 1936 to circa 1953, regarding family life, work after college, and experiences during and after World War II in the Pacific. There are also many letters from other family members to his parents, Maude and Henry Ethan Wahl, Sr., including those of his brother Donald Wahl, who was also serving in the U.S....
Dates:
1865-1945
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
Henry E. Wahl collection
Herschel Jasper Warner letter
Collection — Folder S1363
Identifier: S1363
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a typed copy of the letter which Herschel Jasper Warner wrote to his little sister Cloe from "Camp near Nashville and the Insane Asylum 1862." He wrote: "we have just drawed five days racions of sugar and Chancy is dealing it out to his men." He told about picket duty. "I have never felt the lest bit afraid when I was on post, away off in wood. Did not know what moment there might [be] a reble slip up and lay we cold. We go from three to five miles from camp." He told...
Dates:
1862
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
Hugh D. Gallagher papers
Isaac A. and David S. Hulick Civil War letters
Collection — Folder S2494
Identifier: S2494
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostat copies of two letters from Issac A. and David S. Hulick in the United States ranging from 1863 to 1864, while they were serving during the U.S. Civil War. David Hulick's letter is dated March 1863 from Murfreesboro, Tennessee while Isaac's was sent in May 1864 from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Dates:
1863-1864
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).
There is also an undated panoramic photograph of Company C, 152nd Infantry (OBD026).
Dates:
1898-1964
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
Jacob Baldwin collection
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
James H. St John diary
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
