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.
W.B. Emmons was a soldier with the 34th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War. In his diary, he writes about the Atlanta Campaign, the end of the war, and Lincoln's assassination.
William Titus Rigby served in the Civil War as a second lieutenant in the 24th Iowa Infantry, Company B. Later he attained the rank of captain. He was involved in the Coldwater Expedition and the Vicksburg campaign. After the war he attended...