TY - GEN AU - Ostrander,Levi Wells TI - Levi Wells Ostrander papers, KW - Ostrander, Jared Fordham, KW - Ostrander, Rowena Wells, KW - Ostrander family. KW - United States KW - Army KW - Military life KW - Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 29th (1862-1865) KW - Grand Army of the Republic KW - Medals KW - Mississippi KW - History KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 KW - African Americans KW - Politics and government KW - 1861-1865 KW - Vicksburg (Miss.) KW - Siege, 1863 KW - Wisconsin KW - Soldiers KW - itoamc N1 - Open to research N2 - Chiefly letters of Ostrander to his parents, Jared Fordham Ostrander and Rowena Wells Ostrander, documenting his Civil War service with the 29th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, in the Western theater. Subjects include camp life and troop movements, encounters with African Americans, voting in the field and election returns, and the siege and fall of Vicksburg, Miss., in 1863. lncludes transcripts of the letters, two Grand Army of the Republic medals, photocopies of family photographs, and other printed matter relating to the Ostrander family ER -