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Civil War Diaries and Letters

: Andrew F. Davis diary, 1861-1862

: Andrew F. Davis papers, 1862

: Andrew F. Davis papers, January-October 1863

: Andrew F. Davis papers, May-December 1861

: Byron McClain letters, 1863-1864

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

: Charles Cady letters, 1862-1864

: Frank Malcom letters, 1864

: Frank Malcom letters, 1865

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

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

: Jacob Harrison Allspaugh diary, January 1864-July 1864

: James B. Weaver letters, 1860-1864

: Mericle letters and account book, 1862-1877

: Miles Beaty letters, 1862-1863

: Myron Underwood letters, 1862-1863

: Myron Underwood letters, 1864-1865

: Philip H. Conard diary, 1864-1865

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

: Shelton family papers, 1864-1936

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

: Turner S. Bailey diary, 1861

: Turner S. Bailey diary, 1862

: Turner S. Bailey diary, 1863

: White family papers, July 1861-March 1865

: Wilkerson letters, 1863-1865

: William F. Goodhue diary, 1861

: Wise-Treat correspondence, October 1862

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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