Collection Information
Historical Sketch
Scope and Content Note
Folder and Contents Listing
Cataloging Information
Processed
by:
Ellen Swain
30 June 1992
Updated 11 May 2004
Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 2 folders
COLLECTION DATES: 1864
PROVENANCE: Ivy Leone Chamness, Bloomington, IN, 47403 through Indiana Civil War Centennial Commission, November 1964 (letter), March 1965 (photo)
RESTRICTIONS: None
COPYRIGHT: Held by Indiana Historical Society
ALTERNATE FORMAT: None
OTHER FINDING AIDS: None
RELATED HOLDINGS: See card catalogue under United States History - Civil War, 1861-1865 and Indiana History - Civil War, 1861-1865
ACCESSION NUMBER: 64.1102 (letter), 65.0304 (photo)
John Clapper was born circa 1843, the son of Jacob and Sarah Priddy Clapper. A resident of Henry County, Indiana, he was mustered into the One Hundred Thirty Fourth Indiana Infantry on May 24, 1864 at Camp Morton in Indianapolis. Clapper's military career lasted less than two months as he died in Nashville, Tennessee on July 13, 1864.
Source:
Material from the Collection
The collection consists of one letter, dated May 25, 1864, written by Clapper to his parents from Camp Morton in Indianapolis. Clapper discusses his mustering in and the appearance of Governor Oliver P. Morton in camp. Also included is a photograph of Clapper taken in Union uniform in 1864. It is stored in Visual Collections.
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Letter, May 25, 1864
2 (VC) Photograph, 1864
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