HARRISON ALLSPAUGH DIARIES
Collection Dates: 1861 -- 1865
.5 linear ft.
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Posted to Internet: April 2002
Acquisition Note:
This collection was a gift of Lucy Shelton Stewart and Helen S. Claassen,
1954
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Scope and Contents
Diaries recounting
the Civil War experiences of Jacob Harrison Allspaugh of the 31st Ohio Infantry
regiment. Primarily describing the war in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia.
Allspaugh was a resident of Rock Rapids, Iowa, in his later years.
Inventory
Folders 1 -- 9: Diaries Sept. 13, 1861 to Aug. 2, 1865. 8 volumes. Digitized diaries
Folder 10: Typescript of poem "Moonlight Burial" by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
Folder 11: Tribute to Ira Marsh by Allspaugh
