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Charles Latham
31 May 1995
VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 1 manuscript folder, 1 oversize folder
COLLECTION DATES: Inclusive 1863-1882; bulk 1863-1865
PROVENANCE: Mrs. Roger Burton, Cicero, IN, 28 April 1995
RESTRICTIONS: None
REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society
ALTERNATE FORMATS: None
OTHER FINDING AIDS: None
RELATED HOLDINGS: E 506.5 22ND .M27 1884 R. W. Marshall, An Historical Sketch of the 22nd Regiment...
(1884)
ACCESSION NUMBER: 95.0472
Theodore B. Ridlen (born ca. 1844) was born in Jefferson County, Indiana, the son of John and Margaret (Robinson) Ridlen. In August 1861 he enlisted in Company H of the 22nd Indiana Infantry Regiment; he was listed as a farmer, living in Little York, in the northeast corner of Washington County. The 22nd Regiment, after serving in Missouri and Arkansas, moved to Tennessee and fought at Missionary Ridge and Kenesaw Mountain. Ridlen, by then a color corporal, was commended for his "cool daring" in the former engagement. The 22nd went on to participate in Sherman's attack on Atlanta and march to the sea, and in final engagements in North Carolina. Ridlen was promoted to sergeant on 23 July 1865 and was mustered out the next day. He later lived in Seymour.
This collection, filling one legal-size and one oversize folder, contains one letter, clippings, military papers, and two printed items.
The letter, written on 2 August 1863 by Ridlen to his brother Sam at home, says that he has "heard a good many tails about Millie," and doesn't know what to believe. The military papers trace Ridlen's military career, including his commendation. One clipping, dated 1905, relates the accomplishments of the 22nd Regiment; the other, undated, is an obituary of Ridlen's father.
Included are an undated Sunday School card inscribed "Katie Ridlen," and New Year's greetings for 1882 from Hollweg and Reese in Indianapolis.
In OM 187 are Ridlen's appointments as corporal (1864) and sergeant (1865).
MAIN ENTRY: Ridlen, Theodore B., b. ca. 1844
SUBJECT ENTRIES: Ridlen, Theodore B., b. ca. 1844
United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 22nd (1861-1865)
Hollweg and Reese China Company (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Soldiers--Indiana--Washington County
New Year cards--Indiana--Indianapolis
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources
Indiana--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources
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