Tipton Advertiser in Tipton, Iowa

Tipton Advertiser Letters From the War Front March 1863

Correspondence from Helena Arkansas dated March 23 1863 reports rain and drills by multiple infantry battalions under Gen Gorman. It notes deaths, hospitalizations and desertions among troops, visits by Major Carpenter and Capt Wim Dean, lessons on loyalty copperheads and a Christmas picket tale, plus wheat farming advice and public notices from Iowa soldier voters.