03211nam 2200673Ia 450 991045639680332120200520144314.01-58729-058-8(CKB)111004365707846(EBL)836674(OCoLC)44960974(SSID)ssj0000134586(PQKBManifestationID)11162612(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000134586(PQKBWorkID)10055738(PQKB)11139467(SSID)ssj0000676253(PQKBManifestationID)11409988(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000676253(PQKBWorkID)10676453(PQKB)11193708(MiAaPQ)EBC836674(MdBmJHUP)muse2943(Au-PeEL)EBL836674(CaPaEBR)ebr10644907(EXLCZ)9911100436570784619971031d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA damned Iowa greyhound[electronic resource] the Civil War letters of William Henry Harrison Clayton /edited by Donald C. Elder IIIIowa City University of Iowa Pressc19981 online resource (249 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-58729-608-X 0-87745-623-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-219) and index.Contents; Introduction; 1. "We Were Mustered into the Service Yesterday"; 2. "We Are in the 'Army of the Frontier'"; 3. "It Was a Perfect Slaughter Pen"; 4. "Vicksburg Is Ours"; 5. "We Held Them at Bay for Two Hours"; 6. "If the North Would Remain United"; 7. "We Will Be Apt to Wake Things Up in Alabama"; 8. "I Long to Get upon Old Chequest Again"; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliographical Note; IndexWilliam 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 and his correspondence with his family in Van Buren County form a unique narrative of the day-to-day soldier life as well as an eyewitness account of critical battles and a prisoner-of-war camp.Clayton participated in the siege of Vicksburg and took part in operations against MSoldiersIowaVan Buren CountyCorrespondenceIowaHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narrativesUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narrativesUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865CampaignsVan Buren County (Iowa)BiographyWest (U.S.)HistoryCivil War, 1861-1865CampaignsElectronic books.Soldiers973.7/477Clayton William Henry Harrison861368Elder Donald C.1952-861369MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456396803321A damned Iowa greyhound1922413UNINA