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Title	Shelton family papers, 1864-1936
Creator	Shelton, O. C. Shelton Mary E. Shelton, Rhoda Amanda
Date Original	1864/1936
Description	Diaries of siblings O.C., Mary, and R. Amanda Shelton from the 1860s and a speech written by R. Amanda Shelton in 1911 about her experiences during the Civil War. O.C. Shelton served as an officer in the Iowa Infantry 45th Regiment and died of illness shortly after returning home; his sisters, under the guidance of Annie Wittenmeyer, helped set up "diet kitchens" in Union military hospitals in the South and tended to wounded soldiers.
Topical Subject (LCTGM)	Soldiers War casualties Sick persons Military camps Military hospitals Prisoners of war Military officers Guards Courtship Campaigns & battles Writing Reading Christianity Slaves Freedmen Orphanages Mental institutions Teachers Spies Women's rights Assassinations Kitchens Cooks Nursing Housework Train travel Ships Philanthropy
Topical Subject (LCSH)	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Andersonville Prison Atlanta Campaign, 1864 African Americans African American soldiers Chickamauga Battlefield (Ga.) Bookkeepers
Personal Name Subject	Shelton, O. C. Shelton, Mary E. Shelton, Rhoda Amanda Wittenmyer, Annie, 1827-1900 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Corporate Name Subject	United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 45th (1864). Company G United States Christian Commission United States Sanitary Commission Burlington hawk-eye Lucy Bertram (Steamer) Ladies' Soldiers' Aid Society (Keokuk, Iowa) Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home (Davenport, Iowa) Iowa Wesleyan College Mount Pleasant State Hospital (Mount Pleasant, Iowa) Spanish-American War Veterans Mississippi Valley Historical Association
Geographic Subject	United States -- Iowa -- Mount Pleasant United States -- Iowa -- Burlington United States -- Iowa -- Keokuk United States -- Iowa -- Des Moines United States -- Tennessee -- Memphis United States -- Tennessee -- Nashville United States -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga United States -- Washington (D.C.) United States -- Virginia -- Alexandria United States -- Delaware -- Wilmington United States -- Kentucky -- Louisville United States -- Tennessee -- Lookout Mountain United States -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg
Chronological Subject	1860-1870 1930-1940
Type (DCMIType)	Text
Type (AAT)	Diaries Speeches Obituaries Military passes
Type (IMT)	jpeg
Digital Collection	Civil War Diaries and Letters Abraham Lincoln Collection
Contributing Institution	University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
Archival Collection	Shelton Family Papers
Collection Identifier	MSC0007
Collection Guide	http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?MSC0007
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.
Date Digital	2008-10-15
Identifier	31858055128080

Title	Front cover
Digital Collection	Civil War Diaries and Letters Abraham Lincoln Collection
File Name	31858055128072_Front cover.jpg
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Identifier	31858055128080

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