Reading List

 

Love and Valor  Intimate Civil War Letters Between Captain Jacob and Emeline Ritner

Jacob was a private in Company F of the Iowa First.  First 53 pages are about his time in Company F.  The rest is about his service in the 25th Iowa.

 

The Lyon Campaign and History of the 1st Iowa Infantry Eugene Ware

One of the best books about the campaign and life in Iowa before the war.

 

Wilson's Creek  William Garrett Piston and Richard Hatcher

Best overall book about the Wilson's Creek campaign.

 

Missouri in 1861: The Civil War Letters of Franc B. Wilkie

Followed the Iowa First.  Good stuff!