University of Notre Dame
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Civil War Collection

1850-2013

Origination : Archives of the University of Notre Dame
Extent : 4 linear feet
Repository : University of Notre Dame Archives
Address : Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
English.

Administrative Information

Source

New books generally donated by their authors; older books donated by the Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library.

Preferred Citation

Civil War Collection (CIV), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556

Scope and Content

Dropfiles containing clippings, offprints, newsletters, and ephemera concerning the Civil War, and specifically the Irish Brigade, the Holy Cross Fathers as chaplains during the war, and the Holy Cross Sisters and other nuns and sisters who served as nurses during the war; also books, many of them published in the nineteenth century, and many with illustrations, concerning the Civil War. Also related photographs and objects.

Background

Holy Cross Fathers and Brothers founded the University of Notre Dame, and Holy Cross Sisters served at Notre Dame in the nineteenth century. Many of these Holy Cross religious served during the Civil War as chaplains and nurses.

Index

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Chaplains.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals, charities, etc.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women's work.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Irish Brigade.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Irish troops.

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