This volume comprises names of men from nearly every State in the Union, and it is not, therefore, entirely of local interest; but it is truly national. Should it not attract and interest readers in other States and sections of our country; if it be deemed worthy of preservation here in the centre of beautiful Iowa, I shall be satisfied. It contains descriptions of all the great battles fought by the armies of the West, given in letters written by soldiers who afterwards lost their lives in the service.