Campaigns & battles; Guards; Military camps; Sick persons; Slaves; Soldiers; War casualties; Military officers; Political elections; Voting; Farms; Farmers; Farming; Harvesting; Blockades; Forts & fortifications; Orchards; Rivers; Recruiting &...
The Charles Cady letters were written during his service in the Civil War. Included are the letters he wrote to his parents, brother, and sister living at home in Danville, Des Moines County, Iowa. He discussed army life, talked of casualties and...
Iron; Chief operating officers; Boards of directors; United States marshals; Legislators -- United States -- Congress; Power of attorney; Grading (Earthwork); Contractors
Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
Papers of Edward Winslow, who mustered into Co. F, 4th Iowa Cavalry in November 1861, as a captain. The 4th Iowa later saw action at the siege of Vicksburg, the taking of Jackson, Mississippi, and the battle of Brice's Cross Roads. Winslow was...