Wilkerson letters, 1863-1865

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 during his service, and was mustered out in July 1865. He was murdered in a barroom in 1869.

Creator

Wilkerson, Jesse Skinner; Wilkerson, Sarahett

Publisher

University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.

Date

1863/1865

2012-05

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Relation

Civil War Diaries and Letters; Abraham Lincoln Collection

Andrew F. Davis, 1879-1891

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Type

Text

Correspondence

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Identifier

MSC0906

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Collection

Civil War Diaries and Letters