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Civil War Diaries and Letters

: Anson R. Butler letters, 1861-1900

: Bean family letters, 1862-1863

: Byron McClain letters, 1863-1864

: Charles Cady letters, 1862-1864

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

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

: Frank Malcom letters, 1864

: Frank Malcom letters, 1865

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

: Iowa Infantry 3rd Regiment Company E muster roll, June 8, 1861

: Iowa Infantry 3rd Regiment losses at Shiloh of companies A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, and K, April 6-7, 1862

: James B. Weaver letters, 1860-1864

: Mann family letters, 1851-1956

: Mann family papers, 1861-1865

: Mann family papers, January 1864-March 1866

: Mead family papers, 1862

: Miles Beaty letters, 1862-1863

: Miles Beaty letters, 1863

: Myron Underwood letters, 1862-1863

: Myron Underwood letters, 1864-1865

: Shelton family papers, 1864-1936

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

: Turner S. Bailey diary, 1863

: White family papers, July 1861-March 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