Papers of the Wise-Clark Family, 1855-1923.

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Wise family. Papers of the Wise-Clark Family, 1855-1923.

Title

Papers of the Wise-Clark Family, 1855-1923.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/233106065

Abstract

The Wise-Clark family papers consist primarily of correspondence between family members. The long courtship of Samuel A. Clark and Matilda Wise (which lasted throughout most of the Civil War) generated a good deal of correspondence. They also corresponded with other friends and relatives, many of whom were in the military. His uncle, Samuel McFarland; her brother, George Wise; brother-in-law, Irv Colvin; nephews, Thomas Jefferson Hoge and Lycurgus Grim; cousin, William Ream; and friend Will Kemp, were all soldiers during the war and wrote about their experiences. Others who corresponded with them were Clark's sisters, Jennie Grant and Debbie McClelland; Wise's sisters, Bell Wise, Mag Colvin, and Elizabeth Grim; and Matilda Wise's cousin, Hattie Ream. The correspondence reflects life in rural Iowa and Illinois during the Civil War era with references to Des Moines, Mount Pleasant, and Winfield, Iowa, and Wenona, Illinois. The soldiers wrote concerning military hospitals, military draft, Black regiments, Lincoln's assassins, and the Battle of Murfreesboro. The regiments involved include the 45th Iowa Infantry, 12th Infantry (Colored), 101st Infantry (Colored), and the 125th Infantry (Colored).

Extent

2 linear ft., (5 boxes)

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University of Iowa Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7103339

University of Iowa Libraries

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