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Full-Text Articles in Military History
Wood, James Willis, 1841-1940 (Sc 607), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wood, James Willis, 1841-1940 (Sc 607), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
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.
Owens, Philip, 1925-1944 (Sc 2614), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Owens, Philip, 1925-1944 (Sc 2614), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2614. Two letters from Philip Owens, of Russell Springs, Kentucky, to his sisters, written during Owens’ Army service in World War II. He comments on a rigorous march, warns about mail censorship, and asks them to keep his mother from worrying. Includes typescripts of the letters and of local newspaper articles published after Owens was killed in action in Germany.
Wade, Frances Ann, 1927-2008 (Sc 2599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wade, Frances Ann, 1927-2008 (Sc 2599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2599. World War II letters to Hopkinsville, Kentucky, teenager Frances Ann Wade from James T. Smith and David W. Kerr. Smith, a Kentuckian serving in the Navy, writes about his training in Vermont and his service in the Pacific. Kerr, a soldier from Ohio, writes from nearby Camp Campbell, Kentucky, and from France after his deployment. The letters describe their daily activities and reveal their plans for the future.
Trago, Vincent T., 1838-1880 (Sc 2500), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Trago, Vincent T., 1838-1880 (Sc 2500), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
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.
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.
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, Jr., 1886-1945 (Sc 628), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, Jr., 1886-1945 (Sc 628), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 628. Correspondence of Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., of Munfordville, Kentucky, with Mary Leiper Moore, librarian of the Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University, while he was serving in the U.S. Army during World War II in Alaska and Okinawa.
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.
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.
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.
Fenwick, John, 1890-1937 (Sc 552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fenwick, John, 1890-1937 (Sc 552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 552. Letter written to Miss Florence Schneider, Bowling Green, Kentucky, probably by John Fenwick of Bowling Green, Kentucky, who was serving with the American Expeditionary Forces
in France. He gives brief but vivid descriptions of his experiences. Also includes information about Fenwick.
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.
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.
Buckberry, Ray B., Jr., B. 1934 - Compiler (Sc 2536), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Buckberry, Ray B., Jr., B. 1934 - Compiler (Sc 2536), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2536. List compiled by Ray B. Buckberry, Jr. of Warren County, Kentucky, World War II veterans interred in foreign cemeteries or recognized on “monuments to the missing,” based on records of the American Battle Monuments Commission. List provides name, rank, cemetery name and location.
Fulkerson, Edwin Pierce, 1922-2015 (Sc 2509), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fulkerson, Edwin Pierce, 1922-2015 (Sc 2509), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2509. Letters from Edwin Pierce Fulkerson, Germany, to his parents, Elmer M. and Nora Fulkerson, and uncle, Jesse Fulkerson, Sonora, Kentucky, in which he details his life in the military during World War II. Includes wartime log and other memorabilia documenting Fulkerson’s imprisonment in a German stalag during World War II, as well as Ben H. Phelper’s published and illustrated reminiscences from the same prison.
Brown, Archie Lee, 1897-1989 (Sc 2504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brown, Archie Lee, 1897-1989 (Sc 2504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2504. Letter, 10 February 1919, from Archie L. Brown, serving in France during World War I, to his father J. L. Brown, Rockport, Kentucky, in which he inquires about home.
Davenport, Bowman, Jr., 1927-2003 (Sc 2508), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davenport, Bowman, Jr., 1927-2003 (Sc 2508), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2508. Letters from Bowman Davenport, Jr., while serving in the U.S. Army at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to his mother Margaret L. Davenport , Bowling Green, Kentucky, in which he inquires about home and mentions his interactions on the military base.
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.
Boutcher, Robert M., 1912-1975 (Sc 250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Boutcher, Robert M., 1912-1975 (Sc 250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 250. V-mail letter to Mr. and Mrs. William Kelly, Maceo, Kentucky, from Robert Boutcher, written during his military service in Italy. Boutcher thanks them for a Christmas gift and comments briefly on his unit’s aerial combat activities.
Owens, John Stiles, Jr., 1918-1945 (Sc 242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Owens, John Stiles, Jr., 1918-1945 (Sc 242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 242. Letter, 20 August 1945, written by John S. Owens, World War II pilot from Calhoun, McLean County, Kentucky, serving in the Far East to Mary E. Marks, a former teacher, regarding his flights from India to China, and the V-J Day celebration. Also, three examples of Chinese paper money from the period, and a 4 July 1969 letter from Miss Marks with information about Owens.
Paxton, Garland, B. 1919 (Sc 2493), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Paxton, Garland, B. 1919 (Sc 2493), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collecction 2493. Documents relating to Garland Paxton’s military service in the U.S. Army’s 319th Infantry Regiment during World War II.
Mormon Motivation For Enlisting In The Civil War, Brant Ellsworth, Kenneth L. Alford Ph.D.
Mormon Motivation For Enlisting In The Civil War, Brant Ellsworth, Kenneth L. Alford Ph.D.
Faculty Publications
A discussion of several Latter-day Saint (Mormon) Union and Confederate soldiers who served in the American Civil War.
Perguson, Dee Carl, Jr., 1921-2010 (Mss 8), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Perguson, Dee Carl, Jr., 1921-2010 (Mss 8), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 8. Correspondence and diaries of Deel Carl Perguson, Jr., Horse Branch (Ohio County), Kentucky, and Seattle, Washington. Of interest are his letters written while serving in World War II in the United States, North Africa, and Italy, and his later memoirs of this period. Also of interest are diaries of his years as a student at Western Kentucky State Teachers College, 1939-1943. The collection also includes his recollections of growing up in Horse Branch in the 1920s and 1930s.
Cary, Larry Burr, 1946-2000 (Mss 377), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cary, Larry Burr, 1946-2000 (Mss 377), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 377. Chiefly letters from Larry Burr Cary, serving with the U.S. Air Force in England, to his family in rural Cumberland County, Kentucky. He mainly inquires about the health of his parents, brother, and other relatives and friends, as well as about the weather and the crops. He comments only briefly about his own duties and travels.
Kaenzig, Charles Leslie, 1921-2006 (Sc 2455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kaenzig, Charles Leslie, 1921-2006 (Sc 2455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2455. Correspondence regarding Charles L. Kaenzig of Versailles, Kentucky, an Air Force lieutenant shot down over Italy and held prisoner by the Germans. Includes notices to his father of his status, a letter to his father from the pilot of the downed aircraft, and letters for Kaenzig written to his parents and sister while waiting to be shipped home after his liberation.
Phelps, Frank M. (Sc 2447), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Phelps, Frank M. (Sc 2447), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text letter (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2447. Letter of Frank M. Phelps, serving with a Wisconsin regiment at Camp Abercrombie, Shepherdsville, Kentucky, to his aunt Lydia C. Tibbits in Appleton, Wisconsin. He describes the Shepherdsville area and its connection to Daniel Boone, and discusses investing his soldier's pay.
Jones, John Rutherford, 1837-1907 (Sc 171), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jones, John Rutherford, 1837-1907 (Sc 171), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 171. Civil War discharge papers of John Rutherford Jones, Butler County, Kentucky, from Kentucky regiments of the Union Army, 1862, 1865. Includes promissory note, 1869, assigned to Jones.
Holder, R. D. - Collector (Sc 124), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Holder, R. D. - Collector (Sc 124), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 124. Letters, 1864, written by John P. Hill, Civil War prisoner at Rock Island, Illinois, to his uncle, John Meadows, Tompkinsville, Kentucky, concerning his imprisonment, and his miscellaneous family letters, 1861.
Cuppy, John W. (Sc 1080), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cuppy, John W. (Sc 1080), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1080. Letter, 19 December 1862, from John W. Cuppy, serving in Bowling Green with an Illinois regiment, to Dr. Samuel Wiley in Earlville, Illinois. Cuppy writes of his illness and describes conditions in Bowling Green, particularly respecting hospitals and patients. He also comments on Confederate sympathies in the city and troop readiness for an attack. Includes a summary of another letter by Cuppy to Wiley dated 19 September 1862 describing his regiment’s activities near Louisville.
Bains, Samuel, 1783-1836 (Sc 183), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bains, Samuel, 1783-1836 (Sc 183), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 183. Typescripts and photocopies of two 1813 letters written by Samuel Bains serving at Fort Strother and Fort Deposit in Alabama to his wife Christiana, Dixons Creek, Smith County, Tennessee, describing battles against the Indians and military life.