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.
Includes ledger kept by Emanuel Mericle from 1863 to 1865 and five letters written by Martin Mericle to his brothers while he served with the 114th Ohio Infantry Regiment in the Civil War.
Includes ledger kept by Emanuel Mericle from 1863 to 1865 and five letters written by Martin Mericle to his brothers while he served with the 114th Ohio Infantry Regiment in the Civil War.
James B. Weaver was trained as a lawyer, entered the Civil War as a private and left as a brigadier general, was an attorney general, tax assessor, and newspaper editor in Iowa, was elected to Congress, and was twice a presidential candidate, for the…