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Civil War Diaries and Letters

: Account of pay and clothing for Joseph H. Forest, 1862

: American travel diary of an unknown Englishman, 1864

: Asahel Mann Civil War records, 1862-1908

: California Civil War diary of an unknown soldier, 1862-1863

: Charles Cady photographs and military papers, 1863-1864

: Charles T. Ackley Civil War documents, 1859-1965?

: Civil War artifacts of Thomas Rescum Sterns, 1861-1862

: George S. and Sarah Smith, 1860s

: Iowa Infantry 20th Regiment Company E documents, April 1865

: Iowa Infantry 3rd Regiment Company E muster roll, June 8, 1861

: Iowa Infantry 3rd Regiment losses at Shiloh of companies A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, and K, April 6-7, 1862

: McDowell family papers, 1857-1863

: Muster rolls for 11th Iowa Volunteers, April 1863

: Muster rolls for 1st Iowa Cavalry, April 1862

: Muster rolls for 20th Iowa Infantry, August 1862

: Narrative of the western theatre in the American Civil War, 1880s

: Photograph of artifacts from Asahel Mann's service in the Civil War, 1959?

: Trial of the Lincoln conspirators autograph album, May 1865

: War between the states essay, 1861

: White family Civil War documents, 1861-1889.

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University of Iowa

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Title: Civil War Diaries and Letters
Date Created: 1837/1894
Description: Diaries, correspondence, and photographs from Iowa soldiers and their families during the American Civil War. The collection offers valuable insight on soldiers' daily activities, experiences in battles, and views on the war.
Language: English
Subjects: Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: Civil wars
Military life
Soldiers
Subjects: Library of Congress Subject Headings: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject: Time: 1860-1870
Subject: Place: United States
Archival Collection: Civil War Diaries and Letters
Abraham Lincoln Collection
Host institution: University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Department
Date Digital: 2007/2015
Rights Management: Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Contact Information: Contact the Special Collections Department at the University of Iowa Libraries: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/contact
Item Type (DCMI): Collection
Item Type (AAT): diaries
correspondence
Item Type (IMT): jpeg