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: Mead family papers, January-March 1864

: Mead family papers, January-March 1866

: Mead family papers, January-May 1865

: Mead family papers, July 1863-January 1864

: Mead family papers, July-December 1861

: Mead family papers, June-August 1865

: Mead family papers, June-July 1864

: Mead family papers, March-May 1864

: Mead family papers, October-December 1864

: Mead family papers, September-December 1865

: Mericle letters and account book, 1862-1877

: Miles Beaty letters, 1862-1863

: Miles Beaty letters, 1863

: Minutes of disposition by General Foster for the expedition in the Stono to begin 1 July 1864

: Muster rolls for 11th Iowa Volunteers, April 1863

: Muster rolls for 1st Iowa Cavalry, April 1862

: Muster rolls for 20th Iowa Infantry, August 1862

: Myron Owen diary, 1864

: Myron Underwood letters, 1862-1863

: Myron Underwood letters, 1864-1865

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

: Nathan Mowrer correspondence to sister Ellen and brother Milton, November 1864-April 1865

: Oliver Boardman correspondence and journals, 1861-1863

: Paisley family diary, 1864

: Philip H. Conard diary, 1864-1865

: Philip H. Conard discharge paper, September 1864

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

: Quartermaster's documents, 2nd Iowa Cavalry, 1862-1864

: Refugee narrative of Martha Huntington, 1920s

: Robert A. Howard, general orders. no. 4, Benton Barracks, September 18, 1861

: Robert J. Moyle letters, 1862-1906

: Rufus Nelson Merriam documents, 1900s?-1996

: Samuel Calvin letters, May-August 1864

: Samuel Hall diary, 1863

: Samuel R. Curtis military pass, October 13, 1861

: Sewell Van Alstine diary, 1863-1864

: Shelton family papers, 1864-1936

: Silas B. Silver diary, 1863

: Some recollections of my father's family, 1926

: Sterns family papers, April-June 1863

: Sterns family papers, January-March 1863

: Sterns family papers, July-August 1863

: Sterns family papers, September-December 1862

: Such is war: the letters of an orderly in the 7th Iowa Infantry, October 1960

: Tariff and the trusts, speech of Hon. J.B. Weaver of Iowa delivered in the House of Representatives, May 16, 1888

: Tillie Wise diary, 1863-1875

: Trial of the Lincoln conspirators autograph album, May 1865

: Trip to Lewisburg by Iowa Infantry, 29th Regiment. July 26, 1864

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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