Muster Roll, First German Militia Company of Fort Madison
German-American recruits for the Union Army, Civil War
The Fort Madison German militia company was one of several military units in Northern states composed of German-American volunteers. German-American men volunteered in disproportionately high numbers for the Union army.
First German Militia Company of Fort Madison
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City
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English
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Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa
Soldier's Hymn Book
Civil War; German Americans; Temperance; Religion;
Civil war hymn book kept by Union solider Jacob Nauman, featuring a defaced section on temperance.
Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
Hymn Book
English
Box #3, Keyes Family Papers, Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
Blairstown, Iowa; Benton County
Jakob Naumann Civil War Diary, 1862-1863
Civil War; German Americans; Diaries;
Selections from Civil War diary kept by the thirty-year-old Jacob Naumann, a German-born Union soldier. Includes hand-drawn sketches of individual skirmishes and individual entries.
Jakob Naumann
N/A
Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
1862
Diary
German; English
Box #3, Keyes Family Papers, Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
1862; 1863; 1864; 1865; Ohio; Iowa; Germany; Wiebelskirchen, Germany; Wayne County, Ohio; Blairstown, Iowa; Benton County; Vicksburg, Mississippi;
Patriotic Civil War Vet
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Civl War; Disloyalty; Postal Service
Civl War vet reports of pro-German activity, sending images of the Kaiser and von Hindenberg in mail.
C. E. Morris
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
9/18/1917
Letter
English
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1917-09-18; 1861; 1861-09-04; Carroll County; Coon Rapids, Iowa