Military life
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 84 Collections and/or Records:
Rodney Jeger letters
Collection — Folder S2905
Identifier: S2905
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies and typed transcripts of 8 letters from Rodney Jeger in the United States ranging from 1863 to 1865 and sent to his mother and sisters in New Elizabeth, Hendricks County, Indiana, regarding the U.S. Civil War and his part in it, including small skirmishes, camp life, prices of supplies, and health conditions.
Dates:
1863-1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Rodney Jeger letters
Sargeant and Carr family papers
Collection
Identifier: L351
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, photographs, postcards, legal documents, and writings created by members of the Carr and Sargeant families in Indiana, Ohio, the United States, Great Britain, and France, ranging from 1882 to 1970, and undated, related to family life, friends, education, and World War I. Early correspondence is primarily addressed to Carrie B. Sargeant prior to her marriage. Additional correspondence consists of letters from Michael Carr and other members of the family...
Dates:
1882-1970, undated
Sheelor Photo, Camp Shelby World War I panoramic photograph
Collection — Folder OBF020
Identifier: OBF020
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a black-and-white panoramic photograph taken by Sheelor Photo at Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on February 28, 1918 of the barracks of the 113th Signal Battalion of the 38th Division of the U.S. Army.
Dates:
1918/02/28
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
Solomon M. Glick Civil War letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2978
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of letters and typed transcripts from Solomon Glick in the United States, ranging from 1862 to 1865, regarding family and military life during the U.S. Civil War.
Dates:
1862-1865
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
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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U.S.S. Indiana ribbons
William C. Birthright collection
Collection
Identifier: L328
Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence, invitations, greeting cards, legal papers, publications, photographs, and ephemera from William C. and William L. Birthright in Indiana and Mississippi, ranging from 1908 to 1977 and undated, regarding their personal lives, family, business, military service, and careers.
Dates:
1908-1977
William D. Slusser Civil War diary
Collection — Folder S3229
Identifier: S3229
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one photocopied diary with transcriptions from William D. Slusser in 1863 while he was serving in the 20th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the U.S. Civil War. The journal contains short daily entries noting the weather, military movements, and daily activities in the regiment. The transcription was created by Laure E. and Gobert G Hayworth in 1984 and includes additional information about the 20th Regiment, William D. Slusser, and the Civil War. The original...
Dates:
1863, 1984
William Davis Everitt collection
Collection — Folder S3239
Identifier: S3239
Scope and Contents
This collection includes printed black-and-white scans of two photographs and 56 letters from William Davis Everitt in the United States to his wife, Matilda E. Everitt, and children in Indiana, ranging from 1862 to 1865, while he was serving with the 81st Indiana Infantry Regiment during the U.S. Civil War. The photographs are a portrait of Everitt in uniform and a group portrait of Everitt, his wife, and four of their children in front of their Scott County home in the late 1800s. There is...
Dates:
1862-1865
