William E. Bagley SOURCE: This item was up for auction on  Ebay  on June 2014.

Dubuque Iowa February Mch 2/63 Mrs. L. Bolles Sand Springs [Iowa] Dr. Madam & Sister, Enclosed find five dollars s...

Woodland Cemetery Des Moines, Iowa SAMUEL MERRILL Governor 1868-1872

Samuel Merrill was born in the town of Turner, Oxford County, Maine, August 7, 1822. He was the son of Abel and Abigail (Hill) Merrill. He ...

NICHOLAS HOFFMAN, engaged in farming and stock-raising on section 33, Madison Township, is a native of Prussia, Germany, born on a branch ...

Dear Husband, I mailed a letter to you the morn before I received yours of the 24th but I was so bothered with the baby and the neighbors r...

Seven companies of this regiment were raised in Johnson county, one in Jasper, one in Monroe and one in Wapello. It was mustered into servic...

This regiment was organized in August, 1862, and numbered 976 men. The companies were recruited chiefly in the counties of Dubuque, Black Ha...

This regiment was made up of companies raised in the counties of Clinton, Scott, Linn, Benton, Washington, Marion, Keokuk, Iowa, Mahaska, Mo...

Milford, Mass.  Aug 20th, 1864 My Dear Wife, I have received nothing from you since the letter which I replied from Hopkinton. I did very ...

Sand Spring [Iowa] Saturday eve 28th March, 1863 My Dearest Husband, I had made up my mind if I did not get a letter from you today to sit...

Major Samuel D. Brodtbeck, was born in the city of Liestol, Switzerland, June 26, 1818. When only 12 years old he joined a company of sharps...

The Twenty-second Regiment of Iowa Infantry Volunteers was composed of ten companies, seven of which were organized in Johnson County, and o...