United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel -- Union -- Illinois
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Gould D. Molineaux diaries
Collection
Identifier: MSS 314
Abstract
Gould D. Molineaux (1835?-1883) served as a corporal and sergeant in Company E of the 8th Illinois volunteer infantry. He fought the duration of the Civil War from early June 1861 to to the war's conclusion, including many important battles during the Vicksburg Campaign. This collection contains four diaries handwritten by Gould D. Molineaux during his volunteer service in the Civil War and a tintype of Molineaux posing in his Army uniform.
Dates:
1861-1866
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Hans Westerlund papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 379
Abstract
Hans Westerlund (1842-1874) was a devout Evangelical Lutheran and a Civil War soldier who served in Company C of the 43rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (also known as the “Koerner Regiment”) for the United States Army. The Hans Westerlund papers contain correspondence, genealogical information, and photographs. Westerlund’s correspondence documents the 43rd Infantry’s movement from Benton Barracks, Missouri, through Pittsburg Landing, Jackson, and Bolivar, Tennessee, and Little Rock,...
Dates:
1861-1865, 1960 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections