Dear Jane : the Civil War letters of Major William Thompson of the Twentieth Iowa / foreword by William Thompson ; edited by Edwin C. Bearss. 1963.

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Dear Jane : the Civil War letters of Major William Thompson of the Twentieth Iowa / foreword by William Thompson ; edited by Edwin C. Bearss. 1963.

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Transcriptions of series of letters written by William Thompson to his wife, Jane, between August 12, 1862 and December 10, 1862. During this time Thompson was stationed with his regiment in Missouri and Arkansas. Extensive historical notes follow the letters.

67, 40 leaves ; 26 cm.

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7756901

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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Bearss, Edwin C.

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The author was chief historian for the National Park Service. From the description of Stanley Fitzgerald Horn, the historian. (Tennessee State Library & Archives). WorldCat record id: 33274571 ...

United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 20th (1862-1865)

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Thompson, W. G. (William George), 1830-1911

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