Letters from Underwood to his wife, Sophie, and two from her to him, while he was an assistant surgeon of the 12th Regiment of the Iowa Infantry during the Civil War.
The Charles Cady letters were written during his service in the Civil War. Included are the letters he wrote to his parents, brother, and sister living at home in Danville, Des Moines County, Iowa. He discussed army life, talked of casualties and…
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…
Letters to Bean family members from Asa and Mary Bean's sons James and John, primarily concerning James' life as an engineering student at the University of Michigan.
Letters from Underwood to his wife, Sophie, and two from her to him, while he was an assistant surgeon of the 12th Regiment of the Iowa Infantry during the Civil War.