Collection, 1862-1996. 1862-1996.

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Collection, 1862-1996. 1862-1996.

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A collection of materials related to Thomas Savage and other Savage family members. The materials include biographical information about Thomas Savage, his brother John, and his cousin William; a copy of the booklet The diary of an unknown soldier, edited by Elsa Vaught; copies of letters written by Thomas to family members at home during his service; a copy of a letter from Jack L. Hodson written in 1915 to John Savage; and correspondence to and from Alfred Savage regarding evidence that Thomas Savage was the author of the diary. The diary entries date from September 5, 1862 to December 7, 1862 and offer many details regarding the activities of and conditions facing Savage's company. The Iowa 19th Infantry was involved in the Battle of Prairie Grove in December of 1862 so it is presumed that the diary was found on that battlefield.

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Vaught, Elsa

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Savage, Alfred

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Savage, William, 1832-1908.

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Savage was born in England and moved with his family to New York by 1840. In 1855, when the railroad reached the Mississippi River at Burlington, Iowa, he moved with his wife and infant son to Iowa. He purchased a farm in Van Buren County where he remained for the rest of his life. Savage was distinguished by his interest in painting the birds that he observed and for the extensive diary that he kept. From the description of William Savage ornithological papers, 1856-2000. (Iowa Sate...

United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865). Company K.

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Savage family.

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Savage, Thomas Worrall, 1842-1862

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Thomas Savage lived and farmed in Salem, Iowa before enlisting with the Iowa 19th Infantry, Company K, on July 18, 1862. He served as clerk of the company until his death in December of 1862 in a Fayetteville, Arkansas hospital. His company spent all of this time in Missouri and Arkansas. Through the efforts of Alfred D. Savage the authorship of a diary found on a battlefield in Arkansas has been attributed to Thomas Savage. From the description of Collection, 1862-1996. 1862-1996. (...

Savage, John, 1838-1930.

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