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The photographed soldier is probably A. H. Pierce, whose diary is included in this collection. The brown latchable case has a golden, thirty-five star American flag on the front cover.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection houses a cased ambrotype of a Union soldier (probably A. H. Pierce), a photograph of Grandpa Bailey, A. H. Pierce's diary, a guard duty ticket from Camp McClellan, Iowa, and a three-fold pocket surgery kit.The diary (printed by Kiggins and Kellogg in New York in 1860) details A. H. Pierce's service with the 5th Iowa Volunteers during the Civil War. Pierce daily reports the condition of the weather, mentions the days he performs guard duty or drills, notes whether...

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This is possibly a photograph of A. H. Pierce's father-in-law, Colonel James Pearson Bailey (1810-1890). The photograph was taken by Newberry and Solanders, Rock Island, Illinois.

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Orders issued for A. H. Pierce and Watson (possibly Benjamin Watson of the same regiment) to guard from twelve until five P. M. by order of Captain R. M. Littler and G. W. Crosley.

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Manufactured by the Dietrich W. Kolbe Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the Union Army throughout the Civil War. The brown leather folding kit contains two catheters, one spatula, one hernia knife, two folding gum lancets, and one small folding knife. Other contents appear to be missing.