Autobiography of Clarissa Emily Gear Hobbs, 1912?

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Autobiography of Clarissa Emily Gear Hobbs, 1912?

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Hobbs's autobiography along with an obituary taken from the Central Christian Advocate, a notarized holograph statement signed by Clarissa Hobbs stating that this manuscript "recounts my own autobiography, and the I wrote this at the age of 82 years," and a preface dated February 5, 1923 written by her son, Richard Gear Hobbs. The autobiography describes frontier and pioneer life, relationships with the Indians; family matters; her decision to enlist alongside her husband; her husband's activities as a surgeon and her work alongside him as a nurse with the 12th Iowa Regiment; various war experiences; the assassination of Abraham Lincoln; and family experiences after the war in southwest Missouri.

79 p. ; 28 cm.

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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Clara Gear Hobbs was living in Galena, Illinois when she married. She vowed to go with her husband, Dr. J.C. Hobbs, when he enlisted with the 12th Iowa Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. She is believed to be the only woman who enlisted during the Civil War with the knowledge and consent of military authorities. J.C. Hobbs enlisted in September 1861 and was discharged in April, 1862 at St. Louis, Missouri. He also served regiments from Tennessee and Wisconsin. At the conclusion of the war t...

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