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

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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Main Author: Clayton, William Henry Harrison.
Other Authors: Elder, Donald C., 1952-, EBSCOhost.
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [1998]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 231 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Subjects:
Clayton, William Henry Harrison -- Correspondence.
United States. -- Army. -- Iowa Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)
Soldiers -- Iowa -- Van Buren County -- Correspondence.
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.
Electronic book.
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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