Sell or Auction Your Iowa Civil War Diary for up to $7,000 or More at Nate D. Sanders Auctions
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Here are some Iowa Civil War diaries we have sold in the past:
Civil War Diaries, 4th Iowa Cavalry
Set of three diaries by 4th Iowa Cavalry Sergeant Benjamin Harrington, whose dry and humorous personality infuses the pages throughout. Diaries cover the periods of August 1862 to the end of 1863, and then from March 1865 through the end of 1865, with near-constant battle content from both the Vicksburg Campaign and Wilson’s Raid, where the regiment acted as both advance and rear guard for the whole army, and at times the only cavalry regiment. Interspersed with battle content are enjoyable observations during the war, such as a soldier finding a rebel hiding underneath his bed. Sold for $7,000.
Civil War Diaries and CDV, 35th Iowa Surgeon
Nice lot of Civil War items belonging to Stephen M. Cobb, a surgeon in the 35th Iowa Infantry, with battle content from Vicksburg, Jackson, Pleasant Hill, Nashville, Tupelo, and numerous smaller battles and skirmishes. Lot includes two diaries from 1863-1865, a CDV of Cobb, a letter to his wife, and two of his military appointments. The first diary begins in March 1863, where Cobb describes traveling south to Vicksburg, on orders of General Grant: “Monday [March] 19th…a Band of Guerillas rushed forward and fired into the Boat. Killed one woman…Friday morn…Oh the horrors of War…” On 14 May he reports on the Battle of Jackson, Mississippi, “Took up line of March at 5 o clock AM…we marched very rapidly thru the mud–came in contact with the Enemy about noon. Drove them out very soon & marched into Jackson Miss. Had about 20 wounded in our Division-one in Co. G. Biers. Amputated femur. Friday the 15 The Brigade was ordered out on the Ohio & Mobile R.Road to destroy it. Destroyed some 2 miles another Brigade went out on the R.R. that lead to Vicksburg & destroyed in the same manner. Jackson is a beautiful place…Genl Sherman & Grant are with us at present. Saturday the 16 – Left Jackson about 11 o clock A.M. after setting on fire several important buildings. One the Confederate Hotel Penitentiary &c…” Sold for $5,000.
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