Box 4141.001
Container
Contains 1 Collection or Record:
Photograph of Samuel D. Risley
File — Box: 4141.001, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains papers documenting the military service of Samuel D. Risley and his brother John Risley in the 20th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. There are approximately 181 Civil War letters, primarily from Samuel D. Risley and, intermittently, his brother John, as well as other miscellaneous letters and manuscripts. In addition there are three diaries Samuel kept during the war offering more details of his service, plus a number of very interesting pieces of ephemera,...
Dates:
1822-1909; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1865