Processed by
Emily Castle
30 June 2005
Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
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VOLUME OF |
4 folders; 1 carte de visite photograph |
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COLLECTION |
1865–1920 |
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PROVENANCE: |
Ruth R. Schwerdt, Asheville, NC, 18 July 2002 |
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RESTRICTIONS: |
None |
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COPYRIGHT: |
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REPRODUCTION |
Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society. |
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ALTERNATE |
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RELATED |
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ACCESSION |
2002.0651 |
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NOTES: |
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Green B. Fields was a residence of Vanderburg County, Indiana. He enlisted as a private on 11 August 1862 and was mustered into F Company, Indiana 4th Cavalry. It left the state at once for Kentucky. In January 1863 the regiment moved with General Rosecrans’ army for Tullahoma and Chattanooga, Tennessee, participating at Chickamauga.
In March 1864, it joined Sherman’s cavalry, and was engaged at Varnell’s Station, Burnt Church, and in all movements of that expedition. After the fall of Atlanta it marched into Tennessee and was engaged at Columbia in October. It was stationed near Louisville during November; was near Nashville in January 1865 and near Waterloo, Alabama in February.
It was engaged in Wilson’s raid through Alabama and participated at Plantersville and Selma in April. It then moved into Georgia, leaving for Nashville in May. Fields was mustered out on 29 June 1865 at Edgefield, Tennessee.
Sources:
American Civil War Research Database. Duxbury, MA: Historical Data Systems, Inc., 2005 [cited 30 June 2005]. Available from World Wide Web: (http://civilwardata.com/)
This collection consists of papers related to Green B. Fields and his service in the Union Army during the Civil War. Included in it are his discharge papers, a description of his injured arm, his pension certificate, a slip of paper indicating an increase in his pension pay, and a lithograph carte-de-visite of Major General Philip Henry Sheridan.
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Discharge certificate, 29 June 1865 |
Folder 1 |
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Sheet describing disability claim, n.d. |
Folder 2 |
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Pension certificate and envelope, 15 Feb. 1904 |
Folder 3 |
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Slip describing increase of pension, 1 May 1920 |
Folder 4 |
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Carte de Visite Image of Major General Sheridan, n.d. |
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