War and Military
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 169 Collections and/or Records:
James A. Goble diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0574
Overview
Civil War diary of a soldier in the First Alabama Infantry who was born in New York and later lived in Auburn, Alabama, before moving to Chelsea, Massachusetts.
Dates:
1862-1863
James Thomas Murfee Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1031
Abstract
Letters to L. C. Garland, President of the University of Alabama, and to Alabama Governor John Gill Shorter, dealing with requisitions, fortifying the University campus, and cadets during the Civil War.
Dates:
1863 - 1864
Jeremiah Clemens letter, 1848 September 3
File — Box WSC001: [1006241611], Folder: W 0129.17
Scope and Contents
Jeremiah Clemens writes on September 3, 1848, to the Adjutant General of the Army in Washington, D.C., thanking him for sending his commission as a lieutenant colonel in the Ninth Infantry.
Dates:
1848 September 3
Jesse Griffin letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0597
Overview
A letter dated 5 September 1813, from St. Stephens, Alabama, to his parents, describing the Creek attack on Fort Mims during the Creek War of 1813-1814.
Dates:
1813 September 5
John Horry Dent, Jr., Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0431
Overview
Collection contains letters written by John Horry Dent, Jr. (signed J. Horry Dent) of Barbour County, Alabama, from 1861 March 15 to 1864 July 1 to his father, John Horry Dent of Eufaula, Alabama. There are also two letters written by Dent Jr.’s fellow officers to Dent's father detailing information of Dent Jr.’s part aboard the C.S.S. McRae during the battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip and his subsequent capture and internment at Fort Warren in May 1862.
Dates:
1861 - 1864
Johnny Reb and Billy Yank: Manuscript
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4010
Overview
Manuscript of Alexander Hunter's Johnny Reb and Billy Yank, his narrative of service in the Confederate Army, under the working title, "Four Years in the Ranks."
Dates:
1905
Doug E. Jones military artifacts collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3766
Overview
Collection of Vietnam-era military uniforms and accoutrements
Dates:
after 1955
Thomas G. Jones Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3012
Overview
A collection of papers written by and related to Thomas G. Jones. Correspondence includes letters written about Jones' service in the Civil War and an open letter to B.B. Comer. Other papers are written about Jones.
Dates:
1864-1911
Joseph Wilbourn Young letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1596
Abstract
A collection of letters home from Europe, during and immediately after World War I.
Dates:
1918-1919
Josiah and Amelia Gorgas family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0580
Abstract
Correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, scrapbooks, and other papers of Josiah Gorgas, chief of the Confederate Bureau of Ordnance and president of the University of Alabama, and his wife Amelia Gayle Gorgas, librarian at the University of Alabama and daughter of Alabama governor John Gayle.
Dates:
1820-1920
Francis William Kellogg Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2027
Abstract
One letter written by Francis William Kellogg to the secretary of the United States Navy recommending Malcolm Maurice Moore to the Naval School at Annapolis.
Dates:
1861 April 29
Kolb Family Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2132
Overview
John Frederick Kolb and Valentine Bruner Kolb were from Frederick County, Maryland, and fought for the Union in the Civil War. Valentine Kolb's letters to his family discuss battles, artillery, and prisoners; John F. Kolb's notification to enroll is included as well as a letter he wrote to his parents. Letters to their father are also included.
Dates:
1861 - 1868
John Lambert and descendants manuscript
Collection — Box 1758: [1006212575]
Identifier: MSS-0150
Abstract
Manuscript of Bethea's and Austin's book about this Revolutionary War soldier and his family. The book was published in 1978.
Dates:
circa 1978
Andrew Lipscomb Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1818
Abstract
Includes one letter written by Andrew A. Lipscomb, president of the University of Georgia, to Benson J. Lossing and contains overt references to the contemporary political divisions between the North and South.
Dates:
1861 March 18
State of Louisiana troop expenses ledger
Collection
Identifier: W-0067
Overview
Expenses ledger for Louisiana state troops from 1862 to 1863.
Dates:
1862-1863
Macon and Miles Abernathy papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0003
Overview
This collection consists Abernathy family correspondence discussing the outbreak of the Civil War and the return of Macon, a University of Alabama student, to his hometown of Jacksonville, Alabama, to enlist in a local company. Also contains an 1878 obituary of Macon's father, Major Miles W. Abernathy.
Dates:
1861 - 1878
James H. McCleary Diary, Letter, and Photograph
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1610
Abstract
Collection includes a photograph, letter, and diary of a Civil War soldier from Pennsylvania, who died during the battle of Gettysburg.
Dates:
1862-1864
Meriwether Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2217
Abstract
Family letters written by Juliet Bestor Coleman, her daughter, Alice Coleman Meriwether, and her son-in-law, John Samuel Meriwether, between 1833 and 1864. The bulk of the correspondence is between Alice and her husband, John, while he was serving in the 38th and 40th Alabama Infantry Regiments during the Civil War.
Dates:
1833 - 1864; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1864
Michael Schwartz Collection of Army of the Republic of Vietnam Patches
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4158
Overview
FIfty-five military (airborne) patches from the Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Dates:
between 1955 and 1975
Mobile, Alabama, Confederate newspaper scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: W-0050
Overview
Scrapbook of newspaper articles from Confederate newspapers (probably in Mobile, Alabama) documenting Civil War battles including the First Battle of Bull Run, the Siege of Lexington, and the Battle of Leesburg.
Dates:
1861-1862
Monroe F. Cockrell research notes
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0330
Abstract
Research notes and synopses on Emma Sansom, General Pickett at Gettysburg, "The Bivouac of the Dead," and General Forrest's crossing of the Sipsey River, March 29, 1865.
Dates:
1949-1956
Morgan Smith Gilmer papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0571
Overview
Correspondence, as well as photocopy and typescript copies of a booklet by Gilmer, containing the last roll and brief history of "Shockley's Independent Escort Company of Alabama Cavalry," a Civil War unit formed by University of Alabama students Branscom Shockley and Henry Burt in March 1864.
Dates:
1954
Morris E. Boss letters
Collection
Identifier: W-0078
Overview
Thirteen letters written by Morris E. Boss and members of the Boss family of Binghamton, New York.
Dates:
1861-1865
James H. Mullen letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1029
Overview
A letter from Mullen to his family describng his troops' position in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Dates:
1862 November 23
Ely Naparstek Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2341
Overview
Miscellaneous papers and photographs of PFC Ely Naparstek of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dates:
1938-1945
John M. Neel letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1038
Abstract
A printed transcript of a letter from Neel to the U.S. Secretary of War, describing a battle with Creek Indians near the Black Warrior River.
Dates:
1818 September 22
New accession: Box temp.86
File — Box temp 86
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Two letters from Macon at Tuscaloosa to his father and sister in Jacksonville, both dated 1861, discussing his denied requests for furloughs home, and a letter from his father, Miles, to his son in Tuscaloosa, encouraging him to return home to join a local company being raised to fight in the Civil War. The collection also includes an 1878 obituary of Macon's father, Major Miles Abernathy.Addition received in 2012 includes one letter dated April 14, 1861, written by Macon to his...
Dates:
1861 - 1878
Newspaper, Chicago Daily Tribune, March 8, 1945, March 8, 1945
File — Box 2903: [1005585033], Folder: 2
Scope and Contents note
This newspaper is the front portion of the Chicago Daily Tribune, from Tuesday, May 8, 1945. There is a “V. E. Day – Today” headline at the top of the paper.
Dates:
March 8, 1945
Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Autograph Albums and Diaries
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3686
Overview
Autograph albums and diaries from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Dates:
1876-1987
Notes from History of the Confederate States Navy
File — Box WSC002: [1006241709], Folder: W0150-10
Scope and Contents
These handwritten notes are taken from J. Thomas Scharf's History of the Confederate States Navy. This history of the service which includes information about the ships and many of the officers is still highly regarded as a primary source for this type of information.
Dates:
1860-2007
Phi Alpha Theta's Commemoration of the Anniversary of the Burning of the University of Alabama
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2565
Overview
Contains a newspaper article entitled "Yankee colonel wavered that terrible day, but orders were to burn U of A to ground" and the carbon copy of a letter from Charles G. Summersell to C.E. Williams about Phi Theta Kappa's presentation, "Vocata," commemorating the burning of the University of Alabama by Yankee soldiers in April, 1865, just weeks before Lee's surrender in Appomattox, Virginia. There are also four photographs to accompany the "Vocata" text with a page telling who is in...
Dates:
1956
John M. Potter Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2483
Overview
Personal letters addressed to John M. "Jack" Potter, a Private and later Private First Class in the United States Marines, during his duration on Parris Island, North Carolina.
Dates:
1944-1945
P.O.W. - M.I.A. Recognition Day papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3558
Overview
P.O.W. - M.I.A. Recognition Day, 9 July 1982, State of Alabama Proclamation signed by Gov. Fob James.
Dates:
1982 July 9
William M. Pratt letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1163
Overview
Letter dated 22 April 1864, from Head Quarters, Sub-district of the Pamlico, Washington, North Carolina, to Commander Renshaw, warning him of enemy troop movements
Dates:
1864 April 22
Proposals for the Reorganization of the Continental Army
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0353
Overview
Proposals for reorganizing the Continental Army
Dates:
1777
William Radford letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1177
Overview
Original and typed copy from Radford to Lieutenant Commander T. C. Harris, discussing a possible attempt to rescue Jefferson Davis, a prisoner at Fortress Monroe.
Dates:
1865 July 15
Reuben Oscar Reynolds Papers
Collection
Identifier: W-0163
Overview
Correspondence and records of military service (photocopies) of Reuben O. Reynolds of the Eleventh Mississippi Infantry Regiment.
Dates:
1861-1887
Elmer E. Rhode Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2550
Overview
Bernice Shelly writes from Tracy and Oakland, California, to P.F.C. Elmer E. Rhode, stationed in San Francisco, California, about her work as a waitress and at a factory to aid the war effort. A third letter makes a third-party reference to an encounter with Elmer Rhode written by Fred Kimball of San Francisco, California, to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Payne of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.
Dates:
1942 - 1943
Charles Robinson papers
Collection
Identifier: W-0161
Overview
Letters concerning Robinson's request for a commission in the "colored service" of the U.S. Army during the Civil War.
Dates:
1864-1865
Roland Lee Adams papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0011
Abstract
This collection includes documents related to the army service of this York, Alabama, native; an essay; a biographical sketch; and three miscellaneous letters.
Dates:
1891- circa 1919
Roy C. Corbell papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0358
Overview
Miscellaneous financial documents and copy of General Order No. 38-A, American Expeditionary Forces, February 28, 1919 (letter from General John J. Pershing to soldiers at the end of World War I).
Dates:
1919-1952
Samuel D. Cameron and Maxwell A. Cameron Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0264
Overview
Papers, primarily letters, of two Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, brothers, Samuel D. Cameron, 2nd Alabama Cavalry and Maxwell A. Cameron, 18th Alabama Infantry Regiment, to their sister, Sarah, and brother-in-law, Isham Robertson, during the Civil War. Additional materials include financial documents and other family letters.
Dates:
1858-1884; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1864
Robert Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4096
Overview
The Robert Smith papers contain correspondence between Robert Smith and his family during his military training in 1942 and his deployment to England and France in 1944 during World War II.
Dates:
1942-1956
Sneed Comic Book Collection
Collection
Identifier: PM-022
Overview
Contains around 3600 comic books, graphic novels, and comic strip anthologies, 1940s-2010s.
Dates:
1937-2017
Southern Prisoners' Relief Fund broadside, circa 1864
File — Box WSC002: [1006241709], Folder: W0150.08
Scope and Contents
This broadside describes the conditions under which many Southern prisoners of war were suffering and solicits financial support from Southerners living in Europe during the Civil War. The Fund was intended to "mitigate some of these sufferings" although it acknowledged that some of the suffering could not be relieved.
Dates:
circa 1864
Roy and Sara Swindell Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2926
Overview
Letters from Roy Swindell and Sara Swindell to their family, who lived in Chattanooga, and later Nashville, Tennessee. The letters discuss missing home, traveling for work, and Bible verses. One letter is from Sara to their son James, an officer in the armed services during World War II.
Dates:
1918-1935
Thomas Haughey letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0648
Overview
Letter written by Thomas Haughey of Alabama, dated December 28, 1868 and written from Washington, DC, to Ben Perley Poone providing a short biographical sketch. Mentions having to live in the north during the Civil War due to his anti-secessionist ideals.
Dates:
1868 December 28
Thomas Hubbard Hobbs diaries
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0683
Abstract
The collection contains diaries of an Alabama lawyer, planter, and legislator from Athens, Limestone County, Alabama. Included is a three-month diary from 1862, when Hobbs was Captain of Co. F., Ninth Alabama Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. The diaries also cover his time as a legislator representing Limestone County, Alabama; his support for the railroads; and his work on the family plantation.
Dates:
1840-1862
John F. Thompson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1404
Abstract
This collection consists principally of correspondence concerning the Alabama Militia, 1836-1839, and records of the 14th Brigade, Alabama Militia, 1837-1839.
Dates:
1836-1839
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Service Men's Center Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1604
Abstract
A scrapbook containing photographs, letters, greeting cards, newspaper clippings, activity programs, and other items relating to the Tuscaloosa Service Men's Center for soldiers during World War Two.
Dates:
1943-1946