Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of a spiral-bound transcription of an 1864 Civil War diary, written by John A. Curran of the 32nd Iowa Regiment, Co. B. It covers the time period from July 11, 1864, to February 11, 1865. The diary chronicles the soldier’s day-to-day life in the military and contains a first-person account of the struggles of an infantry soldier while in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Missouri, including the Battle of Nashville on December 15-16, 1864.The transcription also...