Bailey, of Epworth, Iowa, was mustered into the 3rd Iowa Infantry, Company A in June 1861. After spending a year with the company in Missouri, they moved south by boat and train in the Spring of 1862 and participated in the battle of Shiloh (which he…
Bailey, of Epworth, Iowa, was mustered into the 3rd Iowa Infantry, Company A in June 1861 and spent the rest of the year moving around Missouri, engaging in a number of skirmishes. He served as a cook, forager, and clerk of muster rolls.
Wilkerson, a young farmer in Hamburg, Iowa, was drafted into the 13th Iowa Infantry, Company C; he left behind his pregnant wife Sarahett to run the farm. He traveled by his estimate more than 5,000 miles to seven states and the District of Columbia…
Military memoir about the American Civil War, including an account of the siege of Vicksburg and the taking of Jackson, Miss. Episodes 9-10 contain the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.
Diary kept by Charles Whipple Hadley (1844-1936), of Anamosa, Iowa. At age 17, Hadley left Anamosa to enlist in the Union army during the American Civil War. He traveled south to Davenport, where he became a member of the 14th Iowa Regiment of…
Diaries kept by Ellery M. Hancock (1850-1929) of Waukon, Iowa. His family moved to Waukon in 1856, where his father, Moses, worked as a butcher. His mother, Sally, raised Ellery and his nine siblings, many of whom died at an early age. His brother…
Diary kept by Linnie Hagerman (1852-1934), of Keokuk, Iowa. Born in Missouri in 1852, Linnie moved with her family to Keokuk at age 10, and remained there for the rest of her life.
Grocery store located at 108 South Clinton Street. Photographer Wetherby's studio was above the Lewis brothers store. In later years, this was the site of the Big Store.
