Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
Correspondence detailing the experiences of Joseph Franklin Culver, who served with the Illinois 129th Infantry Regiment, Company A, from 1862-1865, first as a lieutenant and later as captain.
Correspondence detailing the experiences of Joseph Franklin Culver, who served with the Illinois 129th Infantry Regiment, Company A, from 1862-1865, first as a lieutenant and later as captain.
Soldiers; Infantry; Military camps; Military training; Military uniforms; Recruiting & enlistment; Reading; Newspapers; Campaigns & battles; Prisoners of war; Religious services; Military bands; Barracks; Executions; Dead persons
Goodhue, of Brodhead, Wis., served with Company C of the 3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, enlisting in 1861. He was stationed around Harper's Ferry, Md. for most of that year.
Soldiers; War; Military life; Military service; Campaigns & battles; Cavalry
Myron Owen served with the 8th New York Cavalry Regiment and joined the Army of the Potomac. He served the quartermaster, managing supplies of forage for the horses. He was present at the battles of Harper's Ferry, Antietam, Chancellorsville and...
Soldiers; War casualties; Sick persons; Military camps; Military hospitals; Prisoners of war; Military officers; Guards; Courtship; Campaigns & battles; Writing; Reading; Christianity; Slaves; Freedmen; Orphanages; Mental institutions; Teachers;...
Diaries of siblings O.C., Mary, and R. Amanda Shelton from the 1860s and a speech written by R. Amanda Shelton in 1911 about her experiences during the Civil War. O.C. Shelton served as an officer in the Iowa Infantry 45th Regiment and died of...
Families; Children; Wives; Marriage; Love; Homesickness; Kissing; Soldiers; Military officers; Military camps; Military headquarters; Military cookery; Surrenders; Wages; Correspondence; War casualties; Sick persons; Prayer; Campaigns & battles;...
James B. Weaver was trained as a lawyer, entered the Civil War as a private and left as a brigadier general, was an attorney general, tax assessor, and newspaper editor in Iowa, was elected to Congress, and was twice a presidential candidate, for...
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...
Letters detailing army life in 1863 for Civil War soldier William Titus Rigby of the 24th Iowa Infantry Regiment, Company B, including the Vicksburg campaign.
Letters detailing army life in 1863 for Civil War soldier William Titus Rigby of the 24th Iowa Infantry Regiment, Company B, including the Vicksburg campaign.
Letters of Civil War soldier William Titus Rigby of the 24th Iowa Infantry Regiment, Company B. After the war he attended Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, and graduated in 1869.