Rice, Elliott Warren (1837-1887) Papers, 1861-1887

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Rice, Elliott Warren, 1837-1887 

Title:  Papers, 1861-1887 

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department. 

Size of Collection:  0.33 cubic feet 

Location Number:  Mss. A R495 

Scope and Content Note 

Collection includes correspondence discussing the Civil War; military commissions signed by Iowa governor Samuel J. Kirkwood, Abraham Lincoln, and Andrew Johnson; photographs of Rice, his black body servant “Sugar Bill,” and southern scenes during the war; a copy of “Personal Recollections of General Elliott Rice,” by Gertrude Crane; and reunion badges of the Society of the Army of Tennessee and the Grand Army of the Republic. 

Correspondents include John C. Fremont, General George Crook, Albert W. Swalm, and William E. Belknap. 

Biographical Note 

1835 Born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. 

1853? Attended Franklin College in New Athens, Ohio. 

1855 Began the study of law. 

1856 Moved to Iowa from Ohio. 

1861 Enlisted in the Seventh Iowa Infantry. 

1864 Promoted to Brigadier General. 

1866 Practiced law in Washington, D. C. 

1887 Died in Sioux City, Iowa. 

Folder List 

Box 1 

1 Personal Recollections of General Elliott W. Rice, 1938 Apr. 11.

2 Portrait in Army uniform.

3 Letter to his sister, Angeline Rice, 1883.

4 Letter to Rice from J. C. Fremont, 1884 Feb. 3.

5 Correspondence to Rice from Brigadier General George Crook about the Apache Indians, 1884 Sept. 

6 Letter to Rice from Albert W. Swalm, 1886 June 22.

7 Cards from the family of General John A. Logan acknowledging expressions of sympathy, 1887 Jan.

8 Obituary notices, biographical sketch, etc., 1887 June.

9 Letters of sympathy to Mrs. Annette Rice Cochran on the death of her uncle, General Elliott W. Rice, 1887.

10 Photographs collected by Rice during his service in the Civil War at Corinth, Miss., Lookout Mountain and Bridgeport, Ala., and several portraits.

11 Badges of reunions of the Society of the Army of Tennessee, 1868-1885.Badges of reunions of the Grand Army of the Republic, 1885.

12 Star from Civil War flag made by women friends of General Rice in Iowa.