Perhaps the most informative items in this collection are the six letters that George Logan wrote to his sister, Ann, and to his brother, William, between September 3, 1862 and January 14, 1863. George's letters to Ann cover a wide variety of topics. He speaks to her of money that he has sent home, who in the regiment is sick, what he has heard of various of their mutual friends, and troop movements. George's letters to William (who was serving with Company E of the 46th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry) tend to cover more overtly military topics. For example, George speaks to him extensively of various commanders and their individual styles along with his generally negative opinions of these officers' ability. These letters also include various pieces of gossip about mutual friends, news of the 24th Wisconsin, and George's hopes that William is well.

This collection also contains two newspaper clippings. One gives the lyrics to a poem entitled De Massa Ob De Sheepfol', and the other describes the observance of the anniversary of the decoration of the graves of the honored dead [both Union and Confederate] of the late war in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 12, 1877.