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Civil War Diaries and Letters

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: 20th Regiment Iowa Volunteers muster roll, Aug. 25, 1862

: Aaron Pugh letters, 1863-1864

: Account of the Battle of Bull Run, 1861

: Albert Cross diary, 1862

: Andrew F. Davis diary, 1861-1862

: Ann Larimer letters to husband John, February - July 1865

: Anson R. Butler letters, 1861-1900

: Asahel Mann Civil War records, 1862-1908

: Bean family letters, 1845-1860

: Bean family letters, 1862-1863

: Bean family letters, 1868-1898

: Bean family letters and papers, 1912-1962

: Bean family letters, circa 1855-1880

: Bean family papers, 1839-1863

: Byron McClain letters, 1863-1864

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

: Charles Arad Gates letters, 1861-1863

: Charles Cady letters, 1862-1864

: Charles Cady photographs and military papers, 1863-1864

: Charles H. Perry application for service in naval hospital, Aug. 29, 1861

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

: Christian D. Rupp diary

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

: Clara Barton letters to cousin Len, 1864

: Clara Vinson Weaver's letters to husband James B. Weaver, 1862-1864

: Commonplace-book of Thomas E. Corkhill, 1851-1895

: Edward F. Winslow memoir, 1863-1865

: Eliphalet W. Ensign diary, August 1865-June 1866

: Eliphalet W. Ensign diary, January 1864-August 1865

: Ferdinand Sophus Winslow letters, February-September 1862

: Frank Malcom letters, 1864

: Frank Malcom letters, 1865

: George C. Burmeister diary, 1861

: George C. Burmeister diary, 1862

: George C. Burmeister diary, 1863

: George C. Burmeister diary, 1864

: George Hall letters, 1861-1864

: George M. Shearer, 1863

: George M. Shearer diary, 1863

: George M. Shearer diary, 1864

: George M. Shearer diary, 1865

: George W. Strong correspondence and papers, 1863-1865

: George W. Strong correspondence and papers, 1863-1908

: Henderson Journal 01, October 3, 1861 - February 25, 1862

: Henderson Journal 03, January 1 - December 31, 1863

: Henderson Journal 04, January 1 - July 20, 1864

: Henderson Journal 05, July 13 - November 6, 1864

: Henderson Journal 06, November 8, 1864 - May 14, 1865

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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