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Albertson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0009
Abstract

Correspondence reflecting pioneer life in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Montana.

Dates: 1856-1876

Andrew F. Davis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0454
Abstract

Civil War soldier. Correspondence from Davis (an officer in Co.I, 15th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers) to his wife and daughters. Letters include information on troop morale, slavery, camp life, battles, Copperheads, etc.

Dates: 1879-1891; Majority of material found within 1861-1863

Anson R. Butler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0001
Abstract

Civil War soldier and mayor of DeWitt, Iowa. Letters written to his wife while he was serving with the 26th Iowa Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War.

Dates: 1861-1900; Majority of material found within 1861-1864

Bean Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0452
Abstract

Dr. Asa Bean was a physician with 114th Ohio Volunteers during the Civil War. Primarily correspondence between members of the Bean family during Civil War.

Dates: 1833-1962; Majority of material found within 1862-1863

Brown Gibson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0381
Abstract

Letters, documents, and a booklet on Major Hugh G. Brown.

Dates: 1822-1944; Majority of material found within 1860-1869

Byron Farwell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0502
Abstract

Author and military historian. Primarily manuscripts including various drafts, galleys, and proofs for eleven of his books. Also contains draftof book reviews, short stories, and articles along with some subject files.

Dates: 1955-1989

Byron McClain Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0004
Abstract

Letters to McClain's family in Wilton Junction, Iowa, telling of experiences in Tennessee with the 2nd Regiment of Iowa Cavalry.

Dates: 1863-1864

California Civil War Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0079
Abstract

Diary of an unknown soldier in Company C, 4th Infantry C.V., who was assigned to a detail guarding a wagon train carrying species to the East.

Dates: 1862-1863

Charles Cady Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0017
Abstract

Civil War soldier from Danville, Iowa. Consists of letters written to his parents and family describing life in the 15th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Also includes his promotion and discharge papers.

Dates: 1862-1864

Charles Thomas Ackley Civil War Diaries Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0541
Abstract

One hundred and eighteen letters from Charles Thomas Ackley, mostly to his wife in Marble Rock, Iowa. Also included are newspaper clippings, brief biographies of some of the men in the Seventh Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and historical commentary.

Dates: 1864-1865

Civil War Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0906
Abstract

Documents having to do with the Civil War.

Dates: 1861-1970

Claus Ruus papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC1238
Abstract

This collection is made up of crop reports and letters from Claus C. Ruus before, during, and after the Civil War.

Dates: 1849-1906

Confederate States of America Documents

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0540
Abstract

A collection of bills, acts, reports and other documents printed by the Confederate States of America government.

Dates: 1861 - 1865

David James Palmer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0438
Abstract

Civil War soldier. Typescripts of his Civil War correspondence, describing campaigns, battles, and camp life.

Dates: 1862-1887; Majority of material found within 1862-1865

Edward Francis Winslow Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0424
Abstract

Civil War soldier and railroad builder. Memoirs, correspondence, clippings, and reports relating to his service with the 4th Iowa Cavalry during the Civil War. Also includes reports and papers about the Battle of Brice's Crossroads.

Dates: 1862-1917

Ferdinand Sophus Winslow Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0846
Abstract

Civil War Letters of Ferdinand Sophus Winslow, 1861-1865.

Dates: 1861-1865

Frank Malcolm Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0026
Abstract

Letters to Malcolm's wife, describing experiences in Georgia and elsewhere with the 7th Regiment of Iowa infantry.

Dates: 1864-1865; 1960

George F. Hall Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0111
Abstract

Civil War soldier from Iowa. Primarily letters written by Lt. George F. Hall of Co. C, 2nd Iowa Infantry Regiment, to his father during the Civil War. They discuss the food and weather, clothing, Copperheads, etc.

Dates: 1861-1864; Majority of material found within 1862-1863

George Marion Shearer Civil War Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0080
Abstract

Diaries of a soldier in Company E, 17th Iowa Infantry, who was captured and imprisoned in Sumter Prison, 1864-65.

Dates: 1863-1965

George W. Strong Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0057
Abstract

Correspondence to and from the Second Lieutenant.

Dates: 1862-1868; Majority of material found within 1862-1865

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 3
United States Army. Iowa Cavalry Regiment, 4th (1861-1865), Company A 2
United States Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 24th (1862-1865), Company E 2
United States. Army. Iowa Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) 2
United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 45th (1864) 2
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Abraham, Lot 1
Ackley, Charles Thomas 1
Albertson family 1
Allspaugh, Harrison 1
Andersonville Prison 1
Army Specialized Training Program (U.S.) 1
Bean Family 1
Beaty, Miles 1
Brown Gibson Family 1
Brown, Hugh G., 1835-1901 1
Brown, Mary Gibson, 1798-1877 1
Butler, Anson Rood, 1828-1901 1
Cady, Charles 1
Calkins, Asa Starkweather 1
Calkins, Charles McNeil 1
Calkins, John, Captain, 1785- 1
Camp Alexander Hays (Kan.) 1
Confederate States of America 1
Corbin, E. Palmer 1
Cornell College (Mount Vernon, Iowa) 1
Culver, Joseph Franklin 1
Culver, Mary, 1842-1920 1
Darling, Marcellus Warner 1
Davis, Andrew F. 1
Des Moines University 1
Eisenschiml, Otto 1
Eisenschiml, Otto, 1880-1963 1
Enderton, W.B. 1
Farley, Angelina Calkins 1
Farwell, Byron 1
Fedderson, R. T. 1
First Baptist Church (Fort Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Fluent, George 1
Giaugue, Alfred 1
Giauque Family 1
Goodue, William F. 1
Hall, George F. 1
Hall, Israel 1
Iowa Cavalry 1st Regiment 1
Loyal Union League (Henry County, Iowa) 1
Malcolm, Frank 1
Malcolm, Lida 1
Mann Family 1
McClain, Byron 1
Mead Family 1
Mericle, Imanuel. 1
Mericle, Martin 1
Meyer, Nicholas 1
Miles, Mary E. Russell 1
Miller, James 1
Nash, John Anson 1
Paisley Family 1
Paisley, Chloe Lippitt, 1839-1925 1
Paisley, John, 1831-1909 1
Paisley, Mabel 1
Palmer family 1
Palmer, David James 1
Palmer, Harriet Calkins Catlett 1
Palmer, John E. IV 1
Palmer, John Edgerton, IV 1
Palmer, John Edgerton, V 1
Palmer, Joseph Ward 1
Palmer, Thomas Sharp 1
Palmer, William 1
Pratt, John W. 1
Rigby, William Titus 1
Russell, Henry Clay 1
Russell, Henry Clay, d. 1902 1
Second Iowa Cavalry Veteran Association 1
Shearer, George Marion 1
Shearer, George Marion, 1837-1912 1
Shelton Family 1
Shelton, Mary E. 1
Shelton, O. C., Lieutenant 1
Shelton, Rhoda Amanda 1
Silver, Silas B. 1
Sterns Family 1
Strong, George W., approximately 1833- 1
Swan, Susan Lippitt 1
Throop, James A. 1
Underwood, Myron, 1833- 1
United States Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 101st (1864-1866) 1
United States Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 125th (1865-1867) 1
United States Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 12th (1863-1866) 1
United States Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 62nd 1
United States Army. Illinois Infantry 129th Regiment, 1862-1865 1
United States Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 34th (1861-1865) 1
United States Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 15th (1861- 1865) 1
United States Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 25th (1862- 1865), Company A 1
United States Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 27th (1862- 1865), Company A 1
United States Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865), Company C 1
United States Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 30th (1862-1865), Company D 1
United States Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 51st, Company G 1
United States Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1865), Company G 1
United States Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 7th (1862-1865) 1
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