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Civil War Diaries and Letters

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: Margaret Strang Corothers family history, 1996

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

: Some recollections of my father's family, 1926

: Marcellus Warner Darling, events and comments of my life, 1907

: Marcellus W. Darling reminiscences of General Sherman, February 17, 1891

: General Sherman letter to William F. Scott, July 20, 1888

: General Sherman letter to Col. Tourtelotte, August 7, 1887

: General Sherman letter to Col. Tourtelotte, February 4, 1887

: General Sherman letter to John Murray Corse, November 4, 1871

: Silas B. Silver diary, 1863

: Trial of the Lincoln conspirators autograph album, May 1865

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

: Marcellus W. Darling papers, January, March 1865

: Frank Malcom letters, 1865

: George M. Shearer diary, 1865

: John W. Pratt diary, 1865

: Jacob Harrison Allspaugh diary, January 1865-July 1865

: Wendell D. Wiltsie diary, 1865

: James Schenck letter to brother and sister, October 6, 1864

: Letter to the New York Chamber of Commerce, September 17, 1864

: Philip H. Conard discharge paper, September 1864

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

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

: Paisley family diary, 1864

: George C. Burmeister diary, 1864

: William Titus Rigby letters, June-December 1864

: Myron Owen diary, 1864

: Marcellus W. Darling papers, 1864

: William Titus Rigby letters, January-May 1864

: American travel diary of an unknown Englishman, 1864

: Henry Brockway diary, 1864

: Wendell D. Wiltsie diary, 1864

: John C. Brown diary, 1864

: Frank Malcom letters, 1864

: George M. Shearer diary, 1864

: Lot Abraham diary, 1864

: Clara Barton letters to cousin Len, 1864

: Muster rolls for 11th Iowa Volunteers, April 1863

: William Titus Rigby letters, February-April 1863

: William Titus Rigby journal, 1863

: William Titus Rigby diary, September-December 1863

: William Titus Rigby diary, April-July 1863

: Lot Abraham diary, 1863

: William Titus Rigby letters, May-December 1863

: Miles Beaty letters, 1863

: Isaac N. Williamson diary, 1863

: William Titus Rigby papers, Army roster 2, 1863

: Joseph Franklin Culver papers, 1863

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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