This book has 230 pages of which 190 are written and was rebound in half calf in the late 19th or early 20th century. The recipes are very unusual. Among them: biscuit pudding with almonds and wines (sack); bread puddings; common plain pudding;...
War; Soldiers; Campaigns & battles; Military camps; Military life; Families; Children; Farming
Wilkerson, a young farmer in Hamburg, Iowa, was drafted into the 13th Iowa Infantry, Company C; he left behind his pregnant wife Sarahett to run the farm. He traveled by his estimate more than 5,000 miles to seven states and the District of...
Soldiers; Surgery; Physicians; War casualties; Military camps; Campaigns & battles; Battlefields; Military officers; Tents; Homesickness; Families; Farming; Horses
Letters from Underwood to his wife, Sophie, and two from her to him, while he was an assistant surgeon of the 12th Regiment of the Iowa Infantry during the Civil War.
The three Mann brothers of Fremont County, Iowa, were all soldiers in Company A of the 4th Iowa Volunteer Cavalry. Eldest brother, William enlisted on Oct. 2, 1861 at age 34. He was promoted to Veterinary Surgeon on Feb. 10, 1864 and was mustered...
Homemakers, Not Housekeepers -- A Decade of Service -- The Traveling Young Man -- The University at Night -- The President Reports on the State of the University -- Iowa Alumnus Gives $100,000 to SUI Foundation -- The Alumnus/a: a Special Report --...