General Robert H. Milroy Collection
| Description: |
This project makes accessible historically significant documents that were the property of Rensselaer resident Robert Huston Milroy who formed and led the volunteer G company of the 9th Regiment of the Indiana Infantry. He later reached the rank of Major General, was known as the Grey Eagle of the Army, served the Union meritoriously and provided acclaim and notoriety to Jasper County. His papers, letters, photographs, and memorabilia are invaluable in their accounts of the Civil War and his part in that war. |
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| Created By: |
Milroy, Robert Huston, 1816-1890 |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/Milroy/id/3467 |
| Collection: |
General Robert H. Milroy |
| Copyright: |
This item is owned by the Jasper County Public Library. Permission to publish or reproduce this item is required and must be obtained from the Director of the Jasper County Public Library, Rensselaer, Indiana. Please visit www.myjcpl.org for more information. |
| Subjects: |
Rensselaer (Ind.) United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources Letters Diaries Historical geography--Maps Milroy family--Correspondence |
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This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the Indiana State Library.