Cavalry; Military officers; Military camps; Soldiers; Guards; Guerrillas; Courts martial & courts of inquiry; Military deserters; Marching; Troop movements; Equipment & supplies; Spies; Executions; Prisoners of war; Refugees; Naval warfare
Holograph and printed copies of correspondence, orders, and invoices of the 1st Iowa Cavalry, mustered into service in Sept. 1861 under the command of Colonel Fitz Henry Warren, sent to Benton Barracks in Saint Louis and then on patrol in Missouri.
Assassinations; Military officers; Courts martial & courts of inquiry; Judicial proceedings; Generals
The military tribunal which tried the conspirators in Lincoln's assassination was convened May 1, 1865 and ran about seven weeks. Many of the commissioners, prosecutors, and reporters' signatures are included in this album.