A damned Iowa greyhound : the Civil War letters of William Henry Harrison Clayton /

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William Henry Harrison Clayton was one of nearly 75,000 soldiers from Iowa to join the Union ranks during the Civil War. Possessing a high school education and superior penmanship, Clayton served as a company clerk in the 19th Infantry, witnessing battles in the Trans-Mississippi theater. His diary...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Clayton, William Henry Harrison
Other Authors: Elder, Donald C., 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©1998.
Subjects:
Clayton, William Henry Harrison > Correspondence.
Clayton, William Henry Harrison
United States. > Army. > Iowa Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)
1861-1865
Soldiers > Iowa > Van Buren County > Correspondence.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Military campaigns
Soldiers
Amerikaanse burgeroorlog.
Iowa > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
West (U.S.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
Van Buren County (Iowa) > Biography.
Iowa > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Récits personnels.
États-Unis (Ouest) > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Campagnes et batailles.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Récits personnels.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Campagnes et batailles.
Iowa
Iowa > Van Buren County
United States
West United States
Electronic book.
Biographies
History
Personal narratives
Personal correspondence
Brieven (vorm)
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
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Table of Contents:
  • "We were mustered into the service yesterday"
  • "We are in the 'army of the frontier'"
  • "It was a perfect slaughter pen"
  • "Vicksburg is ours"
  • "We held them at bay for two hours"
  • "If the North would remain united"
  • "We will be apt to wake things up in Alabama"
  • "I long to get upon old Chequest again"
  • Epilogue.

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