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Title	Mead family papers, August-September 1864
Creator	Mead, James
Date Original	1864-08/1864-09
Description	Correspondence details the 1864 wartime experiences of James Mead, who joined the army in 1862 and served in both the Iowa Infantry Volunteers and the U.S. Colored Volunteer Infantry.
Topical Subject (LCTGM)	War Soldiers
Topical Subject (LCSH)	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Personal Name Subject	Mead, James
Corporate Name Subject	United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 24th (1861-1866) United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 62nd (1864-1867)
Geographic Subject	United States
Chronological Subject	1860-1870
Type (DCMIType)	Text
Type (AAT)	Correspondence Envelopes
Type (IMT)	jpeg
Digital Collection	Civil War Diaries and Letters
Contributing Institution	University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
Archival Collection	Mead family papers
Collection Identifier	MSC0372
Collection Guide	http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?MSC0372
Box Number	1
Rights Management	Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this digital image. Commercial use or distribution of the image is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder.
Contact Information	Contact the Special Collections Dept. at The University of Iowa Libraries: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/contact/index.
Digitization Specifications	Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 2335 Scanner at 600 ppi, 24-bit color. Master image available in tiff format.
File Name	index.cpd
Identifier	31858055128916

Title	01_1864-08-02-Page 01
File Name	31858055128916_01_1864-08-02-Page 01.jpg
Full Text	Kosta Iowa Aug 2nd 64 Dear Friend I am at home once more and shall endeavor to write to you again you have heard ere this what the reason of my not writing was I rec'd three letters from you and this is the first opportunity of answering so I hope you will excuse me I came home yesterday evening I left the folks all well. I am going back next week to stay until after that birth day party I suppose you have heard all about it by this time well I will miss Add awfuly but suppose I will have to be satisfied they talk of going up to Pollys and Add wants me to go with them I wish you were

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