Anonymous, but it may have belonged to Margaret Waters or Margaret Smith, possibly from Georgetown, D.C.The first lines appear to be a manumission document. Also included are expenses, presumably for Margaret Smith and paid by a third party. The...
Clergy; Chaplains; War; Military life; Military medicine; Campaigns & battles; Hospital ships; Religion; Reunions; Reformatories
Corkhill was a Methodist minister, instrumental in the founding of Iowa Wesleyan College and the reformatories in Mitchellville and Eldora, Iowa. Governor Samuel Kirkwood commissioned this account of Corkhill's experiences as a chaplain for the...