Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Discipline
-
- United States History (856)
- Public History (123)
- Social History (111)
- Political History (87)
- Social and Behavioral Sciences (62)
-
- Cultural History (41)
- Women's History (35)
- American Studies (31)
- Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration (30)
- Rhetoric and Composition (24)
- Military and Veterans Studies (23)
- Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies (23)
- Other Rhetoric and Composition (22)
- African American Studies (18)
- Sociology (14)
- History of Science, Technology, and Medicine (13)
- Religion (13)
- Political Science (10)
- American Politics (9)
- Anthropology (9)
- History of Religion (9)
- Tourism (9)
- Appalachian Studies (8)
- Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (8)
- Genealogy (8)
- History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology (7)
- Medicine and Health Sciences (7)
- Institution
-
- Western Kentucky University (387)
- Gettysburg College (242)
- Wright State University (97)
- Wofford College (28)
- Marshall University (22)
-
- Liberty University (9)
- Georgia Southern University (5)
- Otterbein University (5)
- University of North Alabama (5)
- Brigham Young University (4)
- University of Richmond (4)
- City University of New York (CUNY) (3)
- Colby College (3)
- Eastern Illinois University (3)
- The University of Southern Mississippi (3)
- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (3)
- Old Dominion University (2)
- Purdue University (2)
- Thomas Jefferson University (2)
- University of Central Florida (2)
- University of Kentucky (2)
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (2)
- University of South Carolina (2)
- University of Southern Maine (2)
- University of Texas at Tyler (2)
- Virginia Commonwealth University (2)
- Anderson University (1)
- Arkansas Tech University (1)
- Bridgewater State University (1)
- Butler University (1)
- Publication Year
- Publication
-
- Manuscript Collection Finding Aids (337)
- The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History (158)
- Patterson Family Correspondence (97)
- Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (39)
- W.E. Johnson Papers (22)
-
- Adams County History (21)
- Guides to Manuscript Collections (20)
- Civil War Era Studies Faculty Publications (17)
- The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era (15)
- Student Publications (10)
- History Faculty Publications (5)
- Bound Away: The Liberty Journal of History (4)
- Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection (4)
- College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations (4)
- Gettysburg College Faculty Books (4)
- John Kendall Papers (4)
- Master's Theses (4)
- Masters Theses (4)
- Masters Theses & Specialist Projects (4)
- The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Diaries (4)
- Faculty Publications (3)
- Finding Aids (3)
- GLI MA in American History Student Works (3)
- Graduate Theses and Dissertations (3)
- Honors Theses (3)
- Schmucker Art Catalogs (3)
- Theses and Dissertations (3)
- By Title (2)
- Civil War Institute Faculty Publications (2)
- Electronic Theses and Dissertations (2)
- Publication Type
- File Type
Articles 511 - 540 of 877
Full-Text Articles in Military History
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
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) 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.
Lincoln Speeches, Allen C. Guelzo, Richard Beeman
Lincoln Speeches, Allen C. Guelzo, Richard Beeman
Gettysburg College Faculty Books
As president, Abraham Lincoln endowed the American language with a vigor and moral energy that have all but disappeared from today’s public rhetoric. His words are testaments of our history, windows into his enigmatic personality, and resonant examples of the writer’s art. Renowned Lincoln and Civil War scholar Allen C. Guelzo brings together this volume of Lincoln Speeches that span the classic and obscure, the lyrical and historical, the inspirational and intellectual. The book contains everything from classic speeches that any citizen would recognize—the first debate with Stephen Douglas, the “House Divided” Speech, the Gettysburg Address, the Second Inaugural Address—to …
Anderson, James Patton, 1822-1872 (Sc 452), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Anderson, James Patton, 1822-1872 (Sc 452), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
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
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
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.
Harris, M. A. (Sc 623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harris, M. A. (Sc 623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 623. Letter, 2 January 1973, to Mr. Riley Handy, librarian, Kentucky Library, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from M. A. Harris, President of Negro History Association, New York City, relative to James Stone, a mulatto who escaped from Kentucky to Ohio and passed as a white man and later lost his life as a soldier in the Civil War. Also, photocopies of pension claim, 1863, and a letter, 1972.
Davis, Samuel Thomas, 1838-1908 (Sc 626), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davis, Samuel Thomas, 1838-1908 (Sc 626), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 626. Photocopy of Civil War journal of Samuel Thomas Davis of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who was in the 77th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. The journal relates his experiences in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama with the dates of his stay in Kentucky being 21 October 1861-28 February 1862 and 13 September 1862-23 October 1862 and described on pages 1-5 and 16-21.
Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Sc 624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Sc 624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 624. Photocopy of letter written by Margie May Helm, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to her great-niece, Ellen Hartnett of St. Paul, Minnesota, in which she answers an inquiry about the Civil War and its relationship to the Helm and Blakey families who resided in Kentucky, and an explanatory note about the letter, 1973.
Ward, Williamson Dixon, 1841-1917 (Sc 627), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ward, Williamson Dixon, 1841-1917 (Sc 627), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 627. Photocopy of Civil War journal of Williamson Dixon Ward of Deer Creek, Indiana, who was in the 8th Indiana Cavalry Regiment, Company D. The journal relates his experiences of camp life in Indiana and Kentucky, with the majority of his time being spent in Kentucky – 22 September 1861 to 7 February 1862 and described on pages 8-60.
Nelson, William D., 1824-1862 (Sc 642), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Nelson, William D., 1824-1862 (Sc 642), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 642. Letter, 28 March 1862, to John M. Stockton, Postmaster, Maysville, Kentucky, from William Nelson, his brother-in-law and a Union General with the Army of the Ohio, Columbia, Tennessee. Nelson directs Stockton to pay a debt for him and also comments on a possible battle with the Confederate army at Corinth, Mississippi.
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Letter - Union Soldier (Sc 2550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Letter - Union Soldier (Sc 2550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2550. Holographic letter from Union soldier named “Hank” at Camp Wood, Hart County, Kentucky, written to his brother and sister. Discusses his living conditions and asks about people he knows. Includes a printed image of General George B. McClellan.
Causey, Alonzo M., 1870-1972 (Sc 622), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Causey, Alonzo M., 1870-1972 (Sc 622), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 622. Correspondence and clippings of letters written to newspaper editors and various people by Alonzo M. Causey of Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1935-1972 (39) and letter and press conference summary written in French and sent in reply to letter of Causey’s to Charles de Gaulle, 1966 (4). Click on "Additional Files" below to see Spanish-American War related material in this small collection.
Chism Family Papers (Sc 603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Chism Family Papers (Sc 603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans including slave items (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 603. Chiefly business papers of the Chism family of Monroe County, Kentucky, with most of the papers being those of J. T. Chism (1810-1884). Includes slave items, 1808, 1856 (2); letters pertaining to the pork industry and trade, 1867-1880 (36); doctor’s letters containing medical instructions for patient and prescriptions, 1863-1864 (4); receipts for goods sold to Union forces, 1863-1864 (8); and miscellaneous items.
Wickersham Family Papers (Sc 560), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wickersham Family Papers (Sc 560), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 560. Bound typescripts of 73 letters, 1861-1877, and an 1887 deed of the Wickersham family, Mercer County, Kentucky. The collection includes 53 Civil war letters, chiefly written to the family by brothers William, Jacob and George Wickersham, who served with Kentucky Union regiments. The majority of these letters are from William who prayed for peace and to be reunited with his family, but he died in 1863. Additionally, there are other family letters from 1863 to 1877.
Porter, John Marion, 1839-1884 (Sc 547), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Porter, John Marion, 1839-1884 (Sc 547), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 547. Manuscript book of recollections concerning Porter family written by John M. Porter in 1872; clippings pertaining chiefly to Porter, 1870(?)-1884; certificate of his attendance and his ribbon from The Morgan Encampment, 1883; photo of Porter, lawyer and Commonwealth’s Attorney of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Clark, Samuel, 1870-1934 (Sc 526), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clark, Samuel, 1870-1934 (Sc 526), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scans of items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 526. Samuel Clark, Bowling Green, Kentucky, was Captain of Co. B, 3rd Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish –American War. Papers include muster roll, roll call book, Clark’s discharge and pension papers, photo of Clark in uniform, Clark family genealogy, and miscellaneous items.
Ginther Collection (Sc 464), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ginther Collection (Sc 464), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 464. Photocopies of typescripted letters written by brothers William A. and Joseph Ginther to their father, George Ginther, brother David, and sister of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, while serving in the Union Army with the Department of the Potomac.
Heard, Grant Davis, 1841-1910 (Sc 426), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Heard, Grant Davis, 1841-1910 (Sc 426), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 426. Letters from Richmond, Virginia, July 1862, and near Gordonsville, Georgia, 21 April 1864, from Grant D. Heard to his father in Covington, Georgia. He laments the hardships of war, describes a meeting to censure the Governor of Georgia for his policies, and outlines the procedure for sending provisions. Heard served in the 53rd Regiment, Georgia Volunteers.
Enscore, James Albert, D. 1865 (Sc 2541), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Enscore, James Albert, D. 1865 (Sc 2541), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2541. Letter of James A. Enscore, written to his family while serving with the 56th Illinois Regiment encamped near the Memphis Railroad in Tennessee. James mentions his recovery from illness and the arrival of his brother George, and asks for letters from family members. Both James and George were lost on the steamer General Lyon when it caught fire during a storm off Cape Hatteras on 31 March 1865.
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Songs (Sc 418), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Songs (Sc 418), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 418. Holographic copy of the words of a Confederate song entitled “The Southern Wagon.” The song was composed during the Civil War as a parody of the song “Wait for the Wagon.” Author is unknown.
Angel, E. M. (Sc 420), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Angel, E. M. (Sc 420), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 420. Notice, Greensburg, Kentucky, to the African-American men of the 4th Congressional District, asking for recruits with bounties being offered, and stating that if they do not volunteer, they will be drafted. Signed by E.M. Angel, Deputy Provost Marshal, 4th Congressional District.
Frazer Family Legal Papers (Sc 397), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Frazer Family Legal Papers (Sc 397), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 397. Affidavit, 1815, Warren County, Kentucky, stating that George Frazer has three horses in his possession that are not his; Frazer’s will, 1828; Warren County deeds, 1819, 1841 (2); and Warren County survey, 1846. Also, letter relating to a disallowed Civil War claim of Thomas A. Frazer, 1894.
Slaughter Family Papers (Sc 402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Slaughter Family Papers (Sc 402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 402. Will, 1798; slavery bill of sale, 1810; militia commission, 1820; letters concerning Slaughter estate settlement, 1835-1843 (9); Mexican War claim, 1849; letters of recommendations for judicial appointments, 1853-1879 (7); Civil War notes and letters, 1861-1864 (4); and miscellaneous items. Selected items have been typescripted.
Moore, Nancy Elam, 1807-1889 (Mss 405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moore, Nancy Elam, 1807-1889 (Mss 405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 405. Journal of Nancy Elam Moore, an eldress of the Shaker colony at South Union, Kentucky, describing life in the colony during the Civil War, 1861-1863, especially visitation and exploitation by both Union and Confederate forces. Includes a diary of unknown authorship recording daily life at the colony in 1866. The original diary is owned by the Dayton [Ohio] Public Library.
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (May 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (May 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Fateful Lightning: A New History Of The Civil War And Reconstruction, Allen C. Guelzo
Fateful Lightning: A New History Of The Civil War And Reconstruction, Allen C. Guelzo
Gettysburg College Faculty Books
The Civil War is the greatest trauma ever experienced by the American nation, a four-year paroxysm of violence that left in its wake more than 600,000 dead, more than 2 million refugees, and the destruction (in modern dollars) of more than $700 billion in property. The war also sparked some of the most heroic moments in American history and enshrined a galaxy of American heroes. Above all, it permanently ended the practice of slavery and proved, in an age of resurgent monarchies, that a liberal democracy could survive the most frightful of challenges.
In Fateful Lightning, two-time Lincoln Prize-winning …
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (April 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (April 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table (Bylaws Revised), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table (Bylaws Revised), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (March 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (March 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Papers (Sc 371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Papers (Sc 371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid, scans and typescripts (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 371. Correspondence, 1862-1863 (8), and pardon, 1864, of Union soldiers from the Kentucky counties of Hopkins and McLean; official program for Soldiers’ Reunion in Evansville, Indiana, 1887; and words of a Union song.
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Letters (Sc 364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Letters (Sc 364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 364. Photocopies of Civil War letters (3), 1862, 1864, n.d. The letters were written from camps in Tennessee and Georgia by soldiers from Illinois. Includes letter relative to above letters, 1971.