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Shelton, O. C. Shelton, Mary E. Shelton, Rhoda Amanda

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Diaries of siblings O.C., Mary, and R. Amanda Shelton from the 1860s and a speech written by R. Amanda Shelton in 1911 about her experiences during the Civil War. O.C. Shelton served as an officer in the Iowa Infantry 45th Regiment and died of illness shortly after returning home; his sisters, under the guidance of Annie Wittenmeyer, helped set up "diet kitchens" in Union military hospitals in the South and tended to wounded soldiers. Contact the Special Collections Dept. at The University of Iowa Libraries: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/contact
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/ (host institution)
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Keywords

  1. African American Soldiers
  2. African Americans
  3. Andersonville Prison
  4. Assassinations
  5. Atlanta Campaign, 1864
  6. Bookkeepers
  7. Campaigns & Battles
  8. Chickamauga Battlefield (Ga.)
  9. Christianity
  10. Civil War
  11. Civil War, 1861 1865
  12. Cooks
  13. Courtship
  14. Freedmen
  15. Guards
  16. History
  17. Housework
  18. Kitchens
  19. Mental Institutions
  20. Military Camps
  21. Military Hospitals
  22. Military Officers
  23. Nursing
  24. Orphanages
  25. Philanthropy
  26. Prisoners Of War
  27. Reading
  28. Shelton, O. C. Shelton, Mary E. Shelton, Rhoda Amanda Wittenmyer, Annie, 1827 1900 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809 1865
  29. Ships
  30. Sick Persons
  31. Slaver
  32. Slaves
  33. Soldiers
  34. Spies
  35. Teachers
  36. Train Travel
  37. United States
  38. United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 45th (1864). Company G United States Christian Commission United States Sanitary Commission Burlington Hawk Eye Lucy Bertram (Steamer) Ladies' Soldiers' Aid Society (Keokuk, Iowa) Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home (Davenport, Iowa) Iowa Wesleyan College Mount Pleasant State Hospital (Mount Pleasant, Iowa) Spanish American War Veterans Mississippi Valley Historical Association
  39. War Casualties
  40. Women
  41. Women's Rights
  42. Writing

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