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Tower, Isaac Lewis

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: b. 1842

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Isaac Lewis Tower correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 200
Abstract Photocopied letters to Isaac Lewis Tower, a soldier with the 13th Michigan Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Tower was wounded at Chickamauga in 1863, and returned home after being captured and paroled in 1864. Topics include his brother, George Tower's, death; attitudes toward Confederate sympathizers and daily life during the war. Another group of letters reflect daily life at home and women’s opinions about the war. Also, there are letters from soldiers of the 13th Regiment to Isaac...
Dates: 1863-1865