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Clark, John Thomas, B. 1827 (Sc 63), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clark, John Thomas, B. 1827 (Sc 63), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 63. Union Army discharge issued to John Thomas Clark of Logan County, Kentucky. Issued on 7 May 1865 in New Albany, Indiana.
Smith, Jesse (Sc 554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Jesse (Sc 554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and transcription (Click on Additional File) for Manuscripts Small Collection 554. Letter, 25-27 February 1862, to an unidentified recipient from Union soldier Jesse Smith upon his arrival in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Smith describes the abandoned Confederate fortifications in some detail and comments on the surrounding countryside, the damage to the railroad and bridges, and the large numbers of troops converging on the area. He also relates news of the occupation of Nashville, Tennessee by Union forces.
Weeks, George Henry, 1839-1914 (Sc 798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Weeks, George Henry, 1839-1914 (Sc 798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 798. Letters, 18 and 24 May 1863, of George Henry Weeks, a Union soldier from the 103rd Ohio Regiment, to his mother and sisters while camped near Somerset, Kentucky and the Cumberland River. Weeks includes details on duty, guerrilla activities, a slave’s plight, and his chaplain.
Taylor, Miles Anderson, 1843-1916 (Sc 62), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor, Miles Anderson, 1843-1916 (Sc 62), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 62. Union Army discharge, 1865, and 1884 certificate for restoration and increase in pension issued to Miles A. Taylor, Caneyville, Kentucky.
Hopkins County, Kentucky - Letters (Sc 59), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hopkins County, Kentucky - Letters (Sc 59), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 59. Letter, 22 December 1864, written by Joseph Fuquay, Madisonville, Kentucky, to "Delia" (possibly his niece Delia Ruby), commenting on General H.B. Lyon’s raid of Madisonville, 1864, and letter, 9 February 1865, written by S.T. Morrow, Hopkins County, Kentucky, to Brother Bushard Winstead and others regarding religion.
Hendricks, Josiah S., 1843-1932 (Sc 60), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hendricks, Josiah S., 1843-1932 (Sc 60), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 60. Union Army discharge, 1865, and pension certificate of Josiah S. Hendricks, Simpson County, Kentucky, 1899-1930. Also biographical notes as related by his daughter, Miss Alma Hendricks, 1959.
Randolph, Andrew W., 1839-1895 (Sc 57), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Randolph, Andrew W., 1839-1895 (Sc 57), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 57. Letter written by A.W. Randolph, while serving with the 6th Kentucky Infantry (C.S.A.) in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to his parents in Kentucky describing the Battle of Chickamauga and mentioning General Breckinridge, General Ben Hardin Helm, Lieutenant Colonel Hewitt, and the heroism of Chaplain Pickett of the 2nd Kentucky. He also mentions seeing family friends in Mississippi.
Frazier, Thomas Alexander, 1835-1913 (Sc 58), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Frazier, Thomas Alexander, 1835-1913 (Sc 58), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 58. Draft notice for one year issued in Owensboro, Kentucky, for Thomas A. Frazier, Hopkins County, Kentucky and signed by Captain J.R. Grissom, Provost Marshal for the 2nd District of Kentucky; also envelope bearing a Confederate flag.
Hope, Robert A. (Sc 55), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hope, Robert A. (Sc 55), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 55. Letter, 12 July 1863, of Robert A. Hope, written at Camp Beaver, Kentucky, to relatives and friends in Kentucky after his capture at Gladesville, Virginia by Union forces. He details his capture, remarks on his courteous treatment by officers of the 10th Kentucky Cavalry, and asks that some changes of clothes be sent to him.
Stahl Family Papers (Sc 602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stahl Family Papers (Sc 602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 602. Civil War letters, 1861-1865 (5 items), pertaining to activities in Kentucky, Missouri and Kansas Territory; letters of the Stahl family of Warren County, Kentucky, 1861-1863 (2); Warren County tax receipts, 1865-1898 (10); deeds and legal papers pertaining to the Stahl family place, 1863-1954 (17); and letters concerning the collection, 1973 (2).
Wood, James Willis, 1841-1940 (Sc 607), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wood, James Willis, 1841-1940 (Sc 607), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 607. Photocopies of Civil War papers of James Willis Wood of Dunmor, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, which include his enlistment papers, letters, 1864 (9 items), written while in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia, and his discharge papers, 1864.
Orr, Jennie Miller (Sc 2624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Orr, Jennie Miller (Sc 2624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2624. Paper by Jennie Miller Orr titled "Captain Ed Porter Thompson." Also include a 1987 letter from Frances J. Fletcher, Orr's niece, explaining the paper.
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Oct. 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Oct. 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Joshua And Dulcinea: A Conflict Between Country And Family, Timothy H. Koenig
Joshua And Dulcinea: A Conflict Between Country And Family, Timothy H. Koenig
Student Publications
This research paper analyzes the struggle that Confederate soldier Joshua Callaway had in balancing his loyalty to his state and to his family in the context of what was expected of Southern men both before and during the Civil War.
Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864 - Relating To (Mss 423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864 - Relating To (Mss 423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 423. Family letters, notes and typescripted scrapbook items (primarily contemporary newspaper articles) relating to the family and career of Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan.
Procter, Lila (Pendleton), 1850-1932 (Sc 2620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Procter, Lila (Pendleton), 1850-1932 (Sc 2620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2620. Speech for a Daughters of the American Revolution meeting titled “John F. Perry, C.S.A.”, information on William F. Perry, and a letter from Willie Perry Simpson to Lila (Pendleton) Procter.
Lawson, H. M. (Sc 728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lawson, H. M. (Sc 728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 728. Medical report written by H. M. Lawson, surgeon, on the back pages of Regulations for the Medical Department of the Confederate States Army (Richmond, 1861). He describes the camp conditions and health problems of the 51st Regiment, Georgia Volunteers at Pocotaligo, South Carolina.
Jordan, John Leland, 1869-1950 (Sc 2617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jordan, John Leland, 1869-1950 (Sc 2617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2617. Bound typescript copy of paper written by John Leland Jordan, Triune, Tennessee, in response to “‘The Rebel Raider’ A Life of General John Hunt Morgan, C.S.A.” by Howard Swiggett,
Indianapolis, Indiana.
Sanders, Lorenzo Jackson, 1838-1925 (Sc 2621), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sanders, Lorenzo Jackson, 1838-1925 (Sc 2621), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2621. Civil War diary kept by L. J. Sanders of the 30th Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers, Confederate States of America. Diary includes details about the war, casualties, and the weather. Of particular interest are comments about the Battle of Vicksburg.
Atkinson Collection (Sc 715), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Atkinson Collection (Sc 715), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan of 19th Century materials (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 715. Copies of letters written by John and Jane Atkinson, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to friends and relatives in England, 1866-1879 (4 items), which contain family news, information about Bowling Green during the Civil War, description of their return trip from England, 1873, correspondence concerning these letters, 1960-1961 (12), and a photograph.
Reid, Josephine Rogers (Rowan), 1838-1911 (Sc 2593), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reid, Josephine Rogers (Rowan), 1838-1911 (Sc 2593), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2593. Letters of Josephine Rogers (Rowan) Reid, written from Federal Hill, Bardstown, Kentucky to a friend, “Mary.” She writes in 1860 of treatment for an injured foot and an offer of marriage; reacts to Mary’s marriage to a Mr. Keating, notes the anniversary of her brother John’s death, and reports on her brother Lytle’s Civil War service in 1863; and writes of her own marriage and forthcoming move to New Orleans in 1865.
Dewitt, Marcus Bearden, 1835-1901 (Sc 2589), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dewitt, Marcus Bearden, 1835-1901 (Sc 2589), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2589. Typescript copy (prepared in 1911) of Marcus Bearden DeWitt’s pocket memorandum book from March-June 1863 and May 1865. A chaplain with the 8th Tennessee Infantry (C.S.A), DeWitt chronicles conditions during the Civil War, including camp life, travel, family visits, and religion. Also includes “A Sketch of My Life," a short autobiography written by DeWitt, and a memorial written by one of his children.
Thompson, Ed Porter, 1834-1903 (Sc 2581), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thompson, Ed Porter, 1834-1903 (Sc 2581), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2581. Original typescript of a biographical sketch of Simon Bolivar Buckner, Hart County, Kentucky, by Ed Porter Thompson. The paper details Buckner's early life and military career.
Bates, John (Sc 2576), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bates, John (Sc 2576), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2576. Civil War correspondence between Dr. John Bates, Confederate Army doctor, and his wife, Lizzie Dominique Bates. The letters chiefly include news from home, stories from the regiment, and the behavior of their children.
Cox, Samuel K., 1849-1925 (Sc 2597), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cox, Samuel K., 1849-1925 (Sc 2597), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2597. Bound typescript diary of Captain Samuel K. Cox, Confederate Army, 17th Kentucky Infantry. The diary includes details about travel, camp life, and the capture of Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
Hamby, Golden H., 1842-1922 (Sc 711), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hamby, Golden H., 1842-1922 (Sc 711), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 711. Photocopies of Union Army discharge, 1865, and Civil War disability pension claim, 1891, of Golden H. Hamby, Hopkins County, Kentucky.
Trago, Vincent T., 1838-1880 (Sc 2500), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Trago, Vincent T., 1838-1880 (Sc 2500), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text (click on Additional Files below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2500. Letter, 26 February [1862], from Vincent T. Trago, a Union soldier serving with an Ohio regiment, to Milton W. Griffith. Camped on the Barren River outside Bowling Green, Kentucky following its evacuation by the Confederates, Trago describes marching toward the town, being greeted by local women, Confederate positions in the region, and disciplinary action against the troops for misconduct.
Warren County, Kentucky Court Records - Civil War Indictments (Mss 412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky Court Records - Civil War Indictments (Mss 412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 412. Criminal and Equity Court, and Circuit Court records of Warren County, Kentucky relating to the prosecution of Confederate soldiers and sympathizers for conspiracy, treason, theft and property destruction in Bowling Green, Kentucky during the Civil War.
Anderson, James Patton, 1822-1872 (Sc 452), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Anderson, James Patton, 1822-1872 (Sc 452), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 452. Order given by General James Patton Anderson of the Army of Tennessee for the reassignment of four dismounted cavalrymen to Water’s Battery. Two of the men were from the Confederate 9th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment. It is noted that after the order was made out, all four men deserted.
Weber, William (Sc 439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Weber, William (Sc 439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 439. Letter written by Civil War soldier, William Weber, Bardstown, Kentucky, to his brother, Martin Weber, Cincinnati, Ohio. Weber describes time spent in Louisville and their march to Bardstown. Also envelope with Civil War imprint.