Wise-Clark family papers, 1855-1923.

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Wise-Clark family papers, 1855-1923.

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Chiefly correspondence of the families of Matilda Wise Clark and her husband, Samuel Andrew Clark, reflecting life in rural Iowa and Illinois during the Civil War era. Includes references to Des Moines and Mount Pleasant, Iowa; Wenona, Ill.; military draft; military hospitals; black regiments; Lincoln's assassins, and Battle of Murfreesboro. Correspondents include Matilda Wise Clark, Samuel Andrew Clark, Irv Colvin, Mag Colvin, Jennie Grant, Elizabeth Grim, Lycurgus Grim, Thomas Jefferson Hoge, Will Kemp, Debbie McClelland, Hattie Ream, William Ream, Bell Wise, and George Wise. Regiments involved include Iowa Infantry, 45th Regiment, U.S. Army, 12th Infantry (Colored), U.S. Army, 101st Infantry (Colored), and U.S. Army, 125th Infantry (Colored).

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