George Marion Shearer Civil War Diaries
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Scope and Contents
Photographs of George Marion Shearer and Laban Shearer
This collection consists of three small hand-written diaries, one for each year 1863-1865; transcriptions of these diaries in mimeograph copy; three photographs with one negative; an obituary; an Andersonville Prison survivor's certificate; and correspondence from R. T. Fedderson.
Dates
- Creation: 1863-1965
Creator
- Shearer, George Marion (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply; please consult Special Collections staff for further information.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Photographs: George Marion Shearer, Laban Shearer other_unmapped
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Diaries of a soldier in Company E, 17th Iowa Infantry, who was captured and imprisoned in Sumter Prison, 1864-65.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Shearer family.
Method of Acquisition
These papers were given to the University of Iowa Libraries in part by George Marion Shearer's grandson R.T. Fedderson in 1961.
Subject
- Andersonville Prison (Organization)
- Fedderson, R. T. (Person)
- Shearer, George Marion, 1837-1912 (Person)
- United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 17th (1862-1865) Company E (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Iowa
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Occupation
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
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