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"I For One Am Ready to Do My Part": The Initial Motivations That Inspired Men from Northern Illinois to Enlist in the U.S. Army , 1861 - 1862
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-19-19.74
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1861-1862
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
James R. Bottorf Civil War Correspondence, Company F, 38th Indiana Volunteers, 1861 - 1863
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-19-19.63
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: -; Other: Majority of material found in 1861-1863
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Leander Schooley, Civil War Correspondence and Transcriptions, July 29, 1862 - May 1, 1865
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-19-19.43a-b
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in July 29, 1862 - May 1, 1865
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
The Griffith Letters Collection (Sandwich)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-270
Scope and Contents
The Griffith Letters collection consists of research files created by the author, Joan Metzger, while writing her book entitled, The Griffith Letters: The Story of Frank Griffith and the 116th New York Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. The records consist of nine series created by the author: Book and Drafts, Griffith Family Research, 116th NYSV Research, New York Research, Louisiana Research, Washington D.C. Research, Correspondence, Miscellaneous Research, and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1861-2004; Other: Date acquired: 01/25/2005
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
W.W. Embree Collection (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-002
Scope and Contents
Waite W. Embree and his father, Elmer E. Embree, preserved most of the historical materials generated by the family’s business and social activities. Waite, especially, collected a large volume of printed materials and photographs that relate to his main interests--the history of DeKalb and the history of railroading. It is important to note that Embree was a collector: indeed, in the absence of an active county historical society, Waite Embree filled a void in DeKalb County with his keen...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1881-1966; Other: Date acquired: 03/00/1967
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
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