Camp Warren, Ia. Sept. 29th/61 Ia Cavalry                Dear Sisters 1 I received your kind letter yesterday morning but as I did not hav...

Camp Warren, Sept. 15th, 1861 It is now a little more than a week since I was with you, Although it is but a short time It seems to me abo...

FIRST COLONEL, SIXTH INFANTRY. John A. McDowell is a younger brother of Major-General Irwin [sic] McDowell, who led the Federal forces in th...