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Civil War Diaries and Letters

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: A. B. Cree letters to Hattie Smith Cree, 1863-1865

: Aaron Pugh letters, 1863-1864

: Andrew F. Davis papers, 1862

: Andrew F. Davis papers, January-October 1863

: Andrew F. Davis papers, May-December 1861

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

: Anson R. Butler letters, 1861-1900

: 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

: Byron McClain letters, 1863-1864

: Charles Arad Gates letters, 1861-1863

: Charles Cady letters, 1862-1864

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

: Charles Thomas Ackley letters to his wife, January 1864-March 1865

: Clara Barton letters to cousin Len, 1864

: Clara Barton's letters to Cousin Leander (Len), 1863-1864

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

: Col. David James Palmer papers, August-December 1863

: Col. David James Palmer papers, December 1864-May 1865

: Col. David James Palmer papers, January 1863

: Col. David James Palmer papers, January 1863-February 1887

: Col. David James Palmer papers, January 1864-May 1865

: Col. David James Palmer papers, January-June 1864

: Col. David James Palmer papers, July-December 1864

: Col. David James Palmer papers, November 1862 - November 1928

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

: Edward F. Winslow papers, July 1864-December 1865

: Edward F. Winslow papers, September 1862-August 1864

: Ferdinand Sophus Winslow letters, February-September 1862

: Ferdinand Sophus Winslow letters, September 1861-February 1862

: Ferdinand Sophus Winslow letters, September 1862-April 1865

: Frank Malcom letters, 1864

: Frank Malcom letters, 1865

: 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

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

: George Hall letters, 1861-1864

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

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

: Giauque family papers, 1861-1865

: Henry Clay Russell's Civil War letters, 1861-1865

: Iowa Cavalry, 1st Regiment, Records, 1861-1862

: Iowa Governor and Adjutant General correspondence, 1862-1865

: James B. Weaver letters, 1860-1864

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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