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

Iowa Infantry 20th Regiment Company E documents, April 1865

Civil War artifacts of Thomas Rescum Sterns, 1861-1862

Thomas Rescum Sterns joined the army in 1862, served with the Wisconsin Volunteers and died in 1863.

Turner S. Bailey diary, 1863

Bailey, of Epworth, Iowa, was mustered into the 3rd Iowa Infantry, Company A in June 1861. In 1863 the company was assigned to Memphis. They took an active part in the siege of Vicksburg, and were part of Sherman's expedition to drive Confederate…

Miles Beaty letters, 1862-1863

Letters from Beaty to his family recounting his experience as a Union soldier in the 149th Regiment of the Pennsylvania infantry.

Miles Beaty letters, 1863

Letters from Beaty to his family recounting his experience as a Union soldier in the 149th Regiment of the Pennsylvania infantry, and letters to his family from his comrades recounting the circumstances of his death and burial.

Anson R. Butler letters, 1861-1900

Primarily correspondence from Butler to his wife while he was serving with the 26th Iowa Infantry Regiment during the Civil War.

Byron McClain letters, 1863-1864

Letters to and from McClain's family, describing his experiences as a Civil War soldier in Tennessee with the Second Regiment of the Iowa Cavalry; includes a letter reporting his death from wounds received in battle.

Shelton family papers, 1864-1936

Diaries of siblings O.C., Mary, and R. Amanda Shelton from the 1860s and a speech written by R. Amanda Shelton in 1911 about her experiences during the Civil War. O.C. Shelton served as an officer in the Iowa Infantry 45th Regiment and died of…

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