• Full Citation: "'I Take My Pen in Hand': Civil War Letters from Owen County, Indiana," ed. Vivian Zollinger, Indiana Magazine of History 93, no. 2 (June 1997): 111-196.
• Home: Owen County
• Year: 1861-1865
• Regiment: 13th, 14th, 19th, 21st, 59th, 97th, 149th Indiana Volunteer Infantries
• Abstract: This article is a collection of various soldier's letters from Owen County. They are heavily edited, and organized chronologically and thematically, by a 7th generation Owen County native. Interspersed in the letters is Zollinger's commentary on the soldier's family relationships, battles, camp life, politics, marching, and race. She found them in various private collections as well as in the Owen County Public Library and the Owen County Archives in Spencer. The article contains many images of soliders, their family members, and their letters.
• Sample Text:
  1. "God forbid that ever the free and fair fields of Indiana should be drenched in blood from the veins of her sons and daughters; but may strife and contention cease and may wise and just counsels, and peace and harmony, prevail all over the land." (James Robinson, Apr. 8, 1863, p. 160)
  2. "The heavy tread of the soldiers marching by that stiring [sic] music Yankee Doodle and the Stars and Stripes as they floated in the breeze made me feel proud that I was an Amerucan Citizen and that we all had offered our services in defense of the Constitutions and those stars and stripes which floated so proudly." (Daniel Williams, 1862, p. 173)
• LC Subject Headings:
  1. United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 13th (1861-1865)
  2. United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 14th (1861-1864)
  3. United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 19th (1861-1864)
  4. United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 21st (1861-1863)
  5. United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 59th (1862-1865)
  6. United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 97th (1862-1865)

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