American Civil War

The Tri-State area played a prominent role in fighting and winning the American Civil War. The war is best told through images and letters.

Articles

Graves of Civil War veterans in Linwood Cemetery – Dubuque.

Graves of Civil War veterans in Linwood Cemetery – Dubuque.

Personal Sketches of Dubuque and the Civil War

Personal Sketches of Dubuque and the Civil War

Audio & Video

Historian John T. Pregler periodically gives lectures in person and on 1370 AM KDTH.  Click on the link(s) below to access a lecture. 

Dubuque and the Civil War Part 1 – September 12, 2018

Dubuque and the Civil War Part 2 – October 16, 2018

Tri-State Congressional Medal of Honor Connections – November 12, 2018

Photographs & Images

LJTP 100.006 – Major General Francis J. Herron

LJTP 100.007 – Major General Benjamin “the Beast” Butler

LJTP 100.008 – Major General David Hunter

LJTP 100.009 – President Abraham Lincoln CDV 2

LJTP 100.013 – Abraham Lincoln by Anthony Berger – Embossed – c.1864

LJTP 100.016 – Lt. General U.S. Grant by Mathew Brady – c.1864

LJTP 100.017 – Lt. General U.S. Grant by Fred. Gutekunst – 1865

LJTP 100.018 – ‘Alabama’ Jim Sutton, 12th Tennessee Cavalry (Union) – c.1864

LJTP 100.019 – President Lincoln Lithograph – J.D. Fowler – c.1861

LJTP 100.020 – U.S. Rep. William B. Allison by Mathew Brady – 1863

LJTP 100.021.01 – 2nd Lt John Wright – 10th Iowa Infantry – c.1861

LJTP 100.023 – 1st Lieut. Theodore Stimming – 31st Iowa Infantry – 1862

LJTP 100.024 – Abraham Lincoln collage with those who voted for the 13th Amendment in the U.S. Congress – 1865

LJTP 100.025 – Civil War Soldier & Wife

LJTP 100.026 – General Samuel Curtis – c. 1861

LJTP 100.028 – Civil War Soldier

LJTP 100.029 – Civil War Soldier

LJTP 100.030 – Civil War Soldier Manchester, Iowa – c1862

LJTP 100.032 – Gen. U.S. Grant and Generals

LJTP 100.033 – U.S. Rep. William B. Allison (R-IA) – c.1864

LJTP 100.044 – President Lincoln reading to son Tad – 1864

LJTP 100.045a – President Lincoln Photogravures – 1861

LJTP 100.045b – Mary Todd Lincoln Photogravures – 1861

LJTP 100.046 – John Wilkes Booth

LJTP 100.047 – U.S. Senator Jefferson Davis (D-MS) – c.1858-1860

LJTP 100.056 – President Lincoln reading to son Tad – 1864

LJTP 100.060 – President Lincoln – The Union Forever – Large – 1864

LJTP 100.062 – President Lincoln – The Union Forever – Medium – 1864

LJTP 100.064 – Abraham Lincoln Engraving of Mathew Brady – 1865

LJTP 100.066 – Abraham Lincoln Memorial CDV – circa 1865

LJTP 100.183 – Francis Jay Herron by S. Root – c.1862

LJTP 100.096 – General Francis J. Herron – circa 1862

LJTP 100.331 – Maj Gen Francis J Herron – 1865

LJTP 100.332 – Maj Gen Grenville Dodge – 1865

LJTP 100.333 – Maj Gen Samuel Curtis – 1865

LJTP 100.345 – General Francis J. Herron – Frank Leslie – 1884

LJTP 100.351 – Abraham Lincoln CDV by Brady – FW Ingire – Springfield IL – 1865

LJTP 100.353 – John Wilkes Booth CDV – c1865

LJTP 100.354 – Edwin Stanton CDV by James Earle – Philadelphia – c1860

LJTP 100.355 – John Wilkes Booth CDV – c1862

LJTP 100.356 – Union Lieutenant by Geo Johnson – Dubuque – c1861

LJTP 100.374 – Glass Negative – Gen. Sterling Price – c1861

LJTP 100.381 – 1st National Civil War Monument – Lancaster WI – c1870

LJTP 100.382 – William H Butler – 38th Iowa Inf Co A – c1861

Letters & Documents

LJTP 200.003 – U.S. Rep. W.B. Allison to Adj. Gen. N.B. Baker

LJTP 200.003 – U.S. Rep. W.B. Allison to Adj. Gen. N.B. Baker

LJTP 200.006 – U.S. Rep. Wm. Vandever to Charles Aldrich

LJTP 200.007 – Volunteer Enlistment of Lewis Jenson – 27th Iowa Inf – 1862

LJTP 200.008 – Volunteer Enlistment of Reuben Kinyon – 27th Iowa Inf – 1862

LJTP 200.008 – Volunteer Enlistment of Reuben Kinyon – 27th Iowa Inf – 1862

LJTP 200.009 – Volunteer Enlistment of William Walling – 27th Iowa Inf – 1862

LJTP 200.010 – Volunteer Enlistment of John Loring – 27th Iowa Inf – 1862

LJTP 200.011 – Discharge Papers of George Pregler – 9th Iowa Infantry – 1864

LJTP 200.012 – Discharge Papers of George Pregler – 9th Iowa Infantry – 1865

LJTP 200.013 – Camp Franklin letter – September 14, 1862

LJTP 200.014 – Charles Paige – Camp Franklin – August 31, 1862

LJTP 200.015 – R.J.O. McGowan – November 13, 1862

LJTP 200.016 – Manifold copy of Gen. Sherman’s order after Battle of Bentonville – March 22, 1865

LJTP 200.016 – Manifold copy of Gen. Sherman’s order after Battle of Bentonville – March 22, 1865

LJTP 200.018 – 27th Iowa Infantry Quartermasters List – Grand Ecore, LA – 1864

LJTP 800.015 – General Grant Jo Davies County Monument Certificate – 1865

LJTP 200.036 – 27th Iowa Infantry Quartermasters List – 1864

LJTP 200.037 – Casuality List 2nd Brigade-1st Division – Sept 1864

LJTP 200.040 – 3rd N.Y. Cavalry Quartermaster from 3rd Penn. Artillery – 1865

LJTP 200.041 – 27th Iowa Infantry Quartermasters List – 1864

LJTP 200.042 – 27th Iowa Infantry Quartermasters List – 1864

LJTP 200.051 – Rawlins – Vandever – Lincoln Signed Orders – Feb 1863

LJTP 200.054 – U.S. Military Telegram – Gen. Wm Vandever – June 1864

LJTP 200.063 – 1st Iowa Inf – Horace Poole Letter to Gen WS Alexander ING – Aug 2 1883

LJTP 200.066 – 8th Iowa Cavalry – Promotion Papers – Signed Jos. Dorr – 1865

LJTP 200.067 – 13th U.S. Infantry – Recruiting Report – Signed Capt C. Washington – 1861

LJTP 200.068 – 13th U.S. Infantry – Recruiting Report – Signed Capt C. Washington – 1862

LJTP 200.069 – 13th U.S. Infantry – Recruiting Report – Signed Capt C. Washington – 1862

LJTP 200.070 – Iowa Civil War Veteran – Bureau of Pensions Card – 1902-09

Newspapers & Periodicals

LJTP 300.001 – Dubuque Daily Times – Feb 14 1863 LJTP 300.001 – Dubuque Daily Times – Feb 14 1863

LJTP 300.005 – January 10, 1863 Dubuque Daily Times

LJTP 300.006 – March 4, 1936 Des Moines Sunday Register

Books

LJTP 600.005 – Prisoner of State – Dennis Mahony – 1862

LJTP 600.006.001 – Civil War Bible of George W. Goldthorp – 1854

LJTP 600.009 – Northern Iowa Sanitary Fair Report – 1864

LJTP 600.025 – Revised U.S. Army Regulations – Signed Dubuque Mayor Saunders – 1861

Misc. Artifacts

LJTP 700.002 – Political Broadside c1864

LJTP 700.002 – Political Broadside c1864

LJTP 700.028 – Prisoner of War Association Ribbon – 1887

LJTP 700.029 – GAR Dubuque Encampment – Henderson Medal – 1907

LJTP 700.030 – GAR Dubuque Encampment Medal – 1891

LJTP 700.031 GAR – Dubuque Rejoices- Henderson – 1899

LJTP 700.032 – 18th Ladies of the GAR Medal – Dept of Iowa – DB Henderson – 1907

LJTP 700.033 – 25th Encampment Medal – Dept of Iowa – 1899

LJTP 700.034 – Annual Reunion Medal – NE Iowa Vet’n Assoc. – 1905

LJTP 700.035 – 27th Encampment Medal – Dept of Iowa – 1901

 

LJTP 100.376 – Wm Vandever Envelope – 1946

LJTP 700.081 – Calling Card – Gen Herron_Wm Hyde Clark_Shiras – Jan 1 1863

Stocks, Bonds & Currency

LJTP 400.003 – 7th Wisconsin Regiment Pay Slip

LJTP 400.025 – H. Markell & Co Bankers Check – Maj Carl Schaeffer and Capt E.C. Washington – 1862