St. Louis, Mo ., April 2, 1862. DEAR FATHER: — I know there is no one who would like to have a word from me more than you. I write but ...

FOURTH IOWA. Company A – Geo. A. McCoy, killed; Chas. Wilkinson, mortally wounded, dead; Wm. Lillibridge, wounded in leg; R. M. Sa...

CHICAGO, March 13. – Special dispatch to the Evening Journal from St. Louis says:   Private letters received to-day from officers in Curti...

This regiment was raised and organized in the summer of 1861, and entered the service in August. The first field officers were Grenville M. ...

ST. LOUIS, March 12. The following general order will be issued in the morning: HEADQUARTERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI. In compliance with ord...

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. . . who became lieutenant-colonel of the Fifteenth Iowa, was born in the City of Dublin. His father was an Englishman and a wealthy manufa...

HEADQUARTERS FOURTH IOWA INFANTRY, Lookout Mountain, November 25, 1863. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report that, agreeably to your order, a...

HDQRS. SECOND BRIG., FIRST DIV., 15TH ARMY CORPS, Camp at Ringgold, Ga., November 28, 1863. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report the action o...

With the death of the old colored woman, "Aunt Maggie," last Thursday evening an odd character who has haunted the streets of Leon...

Postmaster of Argonia, is what may be termed "a gentleman to the manor born," possessed of more than ordinary intelligence and tha...