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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

: Account of pay and clothing for Joseph H. Forest, 1862

: Andrew F. Davis diary, 1861-1862

: 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

: Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas Civil War diary, 1862-1863

: Charles Arad Gates letters, 1861-1863

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

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

: 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 S. Smith diary, 1862-1866

: 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

: Henderson Journal 07, May 15 - June 7, 1865

: Henderson Journal 08, June 8-30, 1865

: Henderson Journal 09, July 1 - September 16, 1865

: Henderson Journal 10, September 16 - November 25, 1965

: Henderson Journal 11, November 26, 1865 - January 9, 1866

: Henderson Journal 12, January 10-30, 1866

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

: Jacob Harrison Allspaugh diary, January 1864-July 1864

: Jesse Dawley diary, 1864-1865

: John G. Roller Civil War diary transcript and related correspondence, 1864-1960

: Joseph Kohout letters, 1863-1865

: Laura Gibson's correspondence to her mother, June-August 1863

: Lewis Crater diary, 1864-1898

: Mark family letters, 1860-1865

: Mark family letters, 1862-1864

: Mericle letters and account book, 1862-1877

: Myron Owen diary, 1864

: 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

: Philip H. Conard diary, 1864-1865

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

: Robert J. Moyle letters, 1862-1906

: Rufus Nelson Merriam documents, 1900s?-1996

: 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