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Captain Thomas DeKay Kimball, Jr. enlisted as a private in 1862 in Company I, 88th Indiana Infantry. He took part in the battles of Perrysville and Stone River. He was captured at the Battle of Chickamauga. He was imprisoned at Libby Prison,...
Libby Prison: Richmond, Va
April 11th 1864
Dear Parents: This morning finds me in tolerable health & good spirits. I see by extracts from northern papers that that the present arrangement for exchange is [Lah’s] factory to Lt. Gen. Grant & Gen....
A notation on the back of this postcard is "Museum and Theadelphic Hall". The Theadelphic Society was one of the literary societies on Hillsdale's campus. It was on an upper floor and when the floor collapsed, the debris was sent into the...
One of an early series of postcards which highlight various areas of Slayton Arboretum. The postcards are edged in silver. This postcard shows one of the lower pools with a small waterfall on the left.
The Amphictyon Society was a male literary society founded in 1857 at Hillsdale College. This is the first issue of a literary journal published by the society. Contributions were anonymous.