Side Trails

• Civil War Letters from an Iowa Soldier

  Read an Albia soldier's letters written during the Civil War.

  Source: civilwarletters.com

  http://www.civilwarletters.com/home.html

• Civil War Railroads

  During the Civil War, railroads became both strategic resources, as well as a military targets.

  Source: National Model Railroad Association (NMRA)

  http://www.gatewaynmra.org/articles/civil-war1.htm

• Civil War: A Woman Soldier from Keokuk

  Read about a Keokuk resident in service to her country during the Civil War.

  Source: Humanities Iowa, KUNI radio, KMA radio and KWIT radio, Voices of Humanities Iowa

  http://www.uiowa.edu/~humiowa/differentsoldier.html

• Civil War: Biographies, Letters, Diaries of Iowa Soldiers

  Read first-hand accounts of the Civil War from these biographies, letters and diaries of Iowa soldiers.

  Source: Iowa in the Civil War, IAGenWeb Project

  http://www.iagenweb.org/civilwar/other/bld.htm

• Civil War: Cascade Shelters a Confederate Spy

  Read about how Cascade, Iowa sheltered a Confederate spy during the Civil War.

  Source: Dubuque GenWeb, Dubuque County Genealogy, American History and Genealogy Project, Extracted from 1834 - Cascade, Iowa - 1984: First 150 Years

  http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadubuqu/civilwar/cwspy.html

• Civil War: Fifth Iowa Cavalry

  What was it like for Iowans to fight during the Civil War in the Fifth Iowa Cavalry?

  Source: Fifth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Web site

  http://www.scriptoriumnovum.com/c/c-history.html

• Civil War: Fifth Iowa Cavalry Battles

  The Fifth Iowa Cavalry saw many battles during the Civil War.

  Source: Fifth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Web site

  http://www.scriptoriumnovum.com/c/c-battle.html

• Civil War: Fifth Iowa Cavalry Horses

  I can make more generals, but horses cost money, said Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Read about the horses that carried the soldiers of the Fifth Iowa Cavalry.

  Source: Fifth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Web site

  http://www.scriptoriumnovum.com/c/p/horse.html

• Civil War: Fifth Iowa Cavalry Musicians

  Music played an important role during the Civil War. Find out about the musicians of the Fifth Iowa Cavalry.

  Source: Fifth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Web site

  http://www.scriptoriumnovum.com/c/band.html

• Civil War: Fifth Iowa Cavalry, Charles Alley Diary

  Read diary entries of Lieutenant Charles Alley of the Fifth Iowa Cavalry as he writes of his experiences during the Civil War.

  Source: Fifth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Web site

  http://www.scriptoriumnovum.com/c/p/alley.html

• Civil War: Fifth Iowa Cavalry, Charles Nott, Tale of a Goblin Horse

  Captain Charles C. Nott had a brief career with the Fifth Iowa Cavalry during the Civil War. Read his story The Tale of a Goblin Horse.

  Source: Fifth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Web site

  http://www.scriptoriumnovum.com/c/nott.html

• Civil War: Fifth Iowa Cavalry, Ezra Tebbets, Prisoner of War

  Private Ezra M. Tebbets volunteered for the Fifth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry at age 21. By age 26 he had enlisted twice, was captured as a prisoner of war, attempted to escape, and died.

  Source: Fifth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Web site

  http://www.scriptoriumnovum.com/c/p/tebbets-e.html

• Civil War: Fifth Iowa Cavalry, George Healey, Congressional Medal of Honor

  During the Civil War, the Union awarded America's highest decoration, the Congressional Medal of Honor, to Private George Healey of the Fifth Iowa Cavalry.

  Source: Fifth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Web site

  http://www.scriptoriumnovum.com/c/p/healey.html

• Civil War: Fifth Iowa Cavalry, George Williams, A Poem

  This poem was written by Private George H. Williams of the Fifth Iowa Cavalry just before one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War.

  Source: Fifth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Web site

  http://www.scriptoriumnovum.com/c/williams.html

• Civil War: Fifth Iowa Cavalry, Lawson Carley, Diary of a Prisoner of War

  Read diary entries of Civil War soldier Lawson Carley and his experiences as a prisoner of war.

  Source: Fifth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Web site

  http://www.scriptoriumnovum.com/c/p/carley.html

• Civil War: Fifth Iowa Cavalry, Literature Influenced by the Civil War

  Read from some of the literature impacted by the Civil War.

  Source: Fifth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Web site

  http://www.scriptoriumnovum.com/c/c-lit.html

• Civil War: Fifth Iowa Cavalry, William Watson, A Black Soldier

  Read about William Watson, a mechanic and former slave, who joined the war unofficially.

  Source: Fifth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Web site

  http://www.scriptoriumnovum.com/c/p/slave.html

• Civil War: Fifth Iowa Infantry

  What was it like for Iowans to fight during the Civil War in the Fifth Iowa Infantry?

  Source: Fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry Web site

  http://www.scriptoriumnovum.com/i/i-history.html

• Civil War: Fifth Iowa Infantry Color Guard

  Corporal Charles Fosdick was a member of the color guard during the battle of Missionary Ridge during the Civil War.

  Source: Fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry Web site

  http://www.scriptoriumnovum.com/i/p/fosdick-c.html

• Civil War: Fifth Iowa Infantry Military Law

  What happened to soldiers who shot deserters during the Civil War?

  Source: Fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry Web site

  http://www.scriptoriumnovum.com/i/p/knapp.html

• Civil War: Fifth Iowa Infantry, Battles

  The Fifth Iowa Infantry saw many battles during the Civil War.

  Source: Fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry Web site

  http://www.scriptoriumnovum.com/i/i-battle.html

• Civil War: Fifth Iowa Infantry, Jacob Weaver

  Read about the experiences of Jacob Weaver, a veteran of the Civil War, as he settled in Newton from this excerpt from The Past and Present of Jasper County, published in 1912.

  Source: Fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry Web site

  http://www.scriptoriumnovum.com/c/p/weaver.html

• Civil War: Fifth Iowa Infantry, Samuel Byers, A Poem

  Samuel Hawkins Marshall Byers, Fifth Iowa Infantry's poet laureate wrote this poem while in prison. It was set to music and sung by the prisoner's glee club.

  Source: Fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry Web site

  http://www.scriptoriumnovum.com/i/p/byers.html

• Civil War: Impacts on Iowa City and the University of Iowa

  The Civil War arrived in Iowa City four days after hostilities were triggered at Fort Sumter, S.C.

  Source: Johnson County IAGenWeb Project, Saturday Postcards, Bob Hibbs

  http://iagenweb.org/johnson/Postcard73.htm

• Civil War: Impacts on Iowa City and the University of Iowa, Soldier Enlistment

  The 1861-1865 Civil War impacted Iowa City as strongly as it did most of America.

  Source: Johnson County IAGenWeb Project, Saturday Postcards, Bob Hibbs

  http://iagenweb.org/johnson/postcard28.htm

• Civil War: Indian Soldiers

  The Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole tribes were the only Indian tribes who took an active part in the Civil War.

  Source: Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War Web site

  http://www.civilwarhome.com/unionconfedindians.htm

• Clarence Chamberlain

  Clarence Duncan Chamberlin is Iowa's answer to Charles Lindbergh.

  Source: Des Moines Register

  http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/FAMOUSIOWANS/41221001

• Clay County Fair History

  The Clay County Fair is known as the Great American County Fair.

  Source: Clay County Fair.org

  http://www.claycountyfair.com/history.htm

• Coal Mining in Appanoose County

  The early history of Appanoose County was closely tied to the history of the mining industry.

  Source: Appanoose County Historical Society

  http://www.rootsweb.com/~iaachs2/coal_mining.htm

• Coal Mining in Iowa

  How did coal mining begin in Iowa? What was life like in a coal camp? What was it like inside a coal mine?

  Source: Explorations in Iowa History Project, University of Northern Iowa

  http://www.uni.edu/iowahist/Social_Economic/CoalMining_inIowa/coal_mining_in_iowa.htm

• Coal Mining in Iowa: 1870-1940

  This pamphlet includes photographs, charts, descriptions and a 1904 mineral map of Iowa.

  Source: Explorations in Iowa History Project, University of Northern Iowa

  http://www.uni.edu/iowahist/Social_Economic/PDF_FILES/Coal%20Mining.pdf

• Colby Collection of Photographs

  So what does a Colby car look like? See the Colby Collection of photographs from the University of Oklahoma Library.

  Source: Colby Collection, University of Oklahoma Libraries Western History Collections

  http://libraries.ou.edu/etc/westhist/Colby/index.html

• College Wrestling

  College wrestling is very popular in Iowa.

  Source: Iowa Public Television, College Wrestling

  http://www.iptv.org/wrestling

• Coming to Iowa in the 1800s

  Migration, emigration, and immigration. How did people come to Iowa in the 1800s?

  Source: The Irish in Iowa Web site, Davenport Gazette

  http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/migrations.htm

• Communal Amana

  After investigating sites in Kansas and Iowa, the True Inspirationists selected a location along the Iowa River valley for their community.

  Source: Partnership of National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, Amana Colonies Convention and Visitors Bureau, Amana Heritage Society, Iowa State Historic Preservation Office, National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers

  http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/amana/communal.htm