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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

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, and 1960.