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.
Letters from Kinnick, a student leader, scholar, athlete, and naval officer from Iowa to family and friends while he was serving in the U.S. as a Navy pilot, awaiting orders to be sent into combat.