[Civil War - Frank Crosby and the 10 th Iowa. Vol. Inf. Regt.] ... Lot 16
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LOT 16Seller's Estimate: USD 3,000 - 5,00016. [Civil War - Frank Crosby and the 10 th Iowa. Vol. Inf. Regt.] A remarkable and important collection of over 80 letters, documents, maps, drawings and photographs relating to the role of the 10 th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment during Grant's Mississippi campaign and Sherman's continuation of splitting the South through the eyes of one Frank W. Crosby.Detailed descriptions of the battles of Corinth and Vicksburg as well as many other skirmishes and actions the unit participated in during that long campaign to cut the south in two under Grant. In an effort to let his family, especially his sons, understand what is going on, Frank Crosby uses maps and drawings as well as detailed narratives to convey what the 10 th Iowa was going through. From a detailed view of a Rebel Fort around Columbus Kentucky to the devices known as "torpedos" used in the rivers, to the Iowans first contact with slaves and confederate families, cotton speculators, disease, to the quotidian reality of the horror of war for the everyday soldier, Frank gives us an extraordinary view into the war and a major campaign start to finish as it was actually fought on a day to day basis.While the vast majority of the collection concerns Crosby's time with the 10 th Iowa, there are also some documents concerning his life after
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