Indiana -- History -- Mexican War, 1846-1848
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Caleb H. Stone collection
Collection — Folder S1255
Identifier: S1255
Scope and Contents
This collection contains military documents and letters pertaining to Caleb Hall Stone ranging from 1847 to 1917 regarding his service in the U.S.-Mexican War, which include an offical document appointing Stone as captain of the "Rough and Ready Guards" of the 4th Indiana Regiment dated May 29, 1847; two muster rolls from Captain Daniel Lunderman for Company G, 4th Indiana Regiment dated June and August 30-October 31, 1847; letters and envelopes ranging from 1881 to 1884; and documents...
Dates:
1847-1917
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Caleb H. Stone collection
Cass County collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1653
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a November 3, 1869 letter certifying that Rev. H. F. Miller was appointed fianancial secretary of Smithson College and was authorized to solicit funds for the Logansport institution; accounts, receipts and other documents ranging from 1869 to 1871 regarding the construction of the county jail and sheriff's residence; a May 29, 1889 application for natural gas to be used by D. D. (David Darwin) Dyeman; a circa 1888 document of the Dykeman, Wilson and Taber law office;...
Dates:
1846-1983
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Cass County collection
Isaac N. Winans "Sketches and Incidents of the Mexican War" memoir
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1441
Scope and Contents
This colleciton includes 2 sets of photocopies of Isaac N. Winan's memoir regarding his service with Company B, 4th Indiana Volunteers during the Mexican-American War (circa 1880). Written after a "lapse of thirty-three years," Winan's narrative notes the names of many of the men he served with and describes the regiment's marches, travels by steamboat on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and relates other observations regarding the people, places, and events that he saw and experienced during...
Dates:
circa 1880, 1971
Leroy Jenkins pension documents
Collection — Folder S3335
Identifier: S3335
Scope and Contents
The collection includes photocopies of documents ranging from 1896 concerning the pension of Leroy Jenkins, a veteran of the U.S.-Mexican War.
Dates:
1896
Vactor T. Harden letter
Collection — Folder S0586
Identifier: S0586
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of a February 8, 1848 letter written by Vactor T. Harden to Dr. John H. Quick at Cedar Grove, Franklin County, Indiana. The letter is written from Camp Molino del Rey during the Mexican-American War and Harden mentions that "James is well also John Towner and all of the Franklin boys" and mentions guard duty at a hospital and that a few soldiers had been killed.
Dates:
1848/02/08
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Vactor T. Harden letter
William Judkins papers
Collection — Folder S076
Identifier: S0076
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an autographed, signed letter from Sarah Judkins in Indiana on 1861/11/05 regarding family business, a Civil War uniform button and two official documents verifying military service in the Mexican and Civil Wars.
Dates:
1861-1932
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William Judkins papers
