HENRY D. WOODWARD, of the firm of C. T. Haskins & Co., dealers in lumber and hardware, Murray, Clarke County, Iowa, was born in Allegan...

Cottonwood Springs Monday March 21st Dear Sister I take the present time to write you a few lines in answer to yours of the ...

Topeka Kansas, July 11th/64 Respected Cousins, I take my pen this evening to drop you a few lines to let you know how Enos is as ...

Topeka Kansas July 17th 1864 3 o clock P. M Dear Brother Enos is about the same as he was when I last wrote. I do not think the...

Topeka Kansas June 3 rd , 1864 Dear Father I take the present opportunity to write you a few lines to let you know that I am well...

Cottonwood, N. T. Jan 11 1864 Dear Father I see myself today to write you a few lines to let you know that I am getting some bett...

This regiment was made up largely of companies raised for other organizations, and was not fully organized until July 1863.   Its field offi...

SAMUEL M. POLLOCK, second colonel, 6th Cavalry, is a native of Ohio: age, thirty-five. HERMAN H. HEATH, second colonel, 7th Cavalry, is a na...

SEVENTH CAVALRY. Samuel W. Summers is a Virginian, and the only native of that State who has held a colonel's commission from Iowa. He w...

Company F, 7th Iowa Cavalry May 9, 1865

Organized at Davenport April 27 to July 13, 1863, Companies "A" to "H." Company "I" organized as Sioux City Ca...

Fort Kearney Feb. 17th, 1864 Mr. Editor :– It seems somewhat strange that something from the Seventh Iowa Cavalry does not oftener appear in...