Correspondence details the 1862 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.
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.
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.
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...
Meredith Glasson-Darling writes: 'I grew up in West Branch, Iowa, out in the countryside between two cornfields and started writing to pass the time on road trips up to see my grandparents in Cherokee, Iowa. I currently am a sophmore at the...
Freddy Niagara Fonseca is the creator of This Enduring Gift, an anthology of works by poets from Fairfield, Iowa where he has lived for more than 20 years. He founded the Candlelight Reading Series and the Chamber Music Society Fairfield.