Correspondence and journals, 1861-1863.

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Correspondence and journals, 1861-1863.

Letters to his father, sister and brother in Albia, Monroe County, Iowa and journal excerpts concerning camp life and activities; containing references to General Sherman, the battle of Shiloh and the siege of Vicksburg.

47 items (192 p.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7103009

University of Iowa Libraries

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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

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Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio, near the banks of the Hocking River. His father, Charles Robert Sherman, a successful lawyer who sat on the Ohio Supreme Court, died unexpectedly in 1829. He left his widow, Mary Hoyt Sherman, with eleven children and no inheritance. After his father's death, the nine-year-old Sherman was raised by a Lancaster neighbor and family friend, attorney Thomas Ewing, Sr., a prominent member of the Whig Party who served as senator from Ohio and as the first S...

Boardman, Oliver, 1840-1863.

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Sergeant in Company E, Regiment 6, Iowa Volunteers. From the description of Correspondence and journals, 1861-1863. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233100149 ...

United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 6th (1861-1865)

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