Telegraph message from Iowa Adjutant General Nathaniel B. Baker to Abraham Lincoln protesting, and asking for revocation of, War Department General Orders 154 and 162 . November 10, 1862. Both orders involve recruiting procedures to fill out the…
This is a picture taken of the surviving field and staff members from the 33rd Iowa Regiment during the Civil War. These men were part of the Grand Army of the Republic, which helped defeat the Confederacy in 1865. Situated at the top right of the…
This photograph was taken on September 17, 1913, where the surviving members from Iowa 33rd Regiment in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Civil War were honored for their service in a parade and reunion outside of the Mahaska County…
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to General Samuel R. Curtis requesting suspension of action on an order issued by General John Schofield calling for an assessment of $500,000 against secessionists and southern sympathizers, and asking Curtis for his…
Telegram from General Samuel R. Curtis to Abraham Lincoln reporting suspension of proceedings to levy taxes on St. Louis rebel sympthisers. December 10, 1862. Copy.
This house on 35th Street was the home of Oswald Lorenz. Mr. Lorenz was the proprietor of Oswald Lorenz Co., an insurance company. Current site of the Des Moines Fellowship Church.
Telegram from General Samuel R. Curtis to Abraham Lincoln advising against reduction of Union forces in Missouri. December 17, 1862. Lincoln had received conflicting earlier reports from Curtis and Missouri governor Hamilton Gamble on the…
