Collection Timeline

1863 to 1983

1863
Military records of Raycide Mosher; photocopies of originals held by the US government.

1864
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his sister, Clarissa Mosher; includes description of Raycide's unit and the food available. Undated, but likely written in 1864.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes description of the Detroit-area barracks where Raycide was staying, his equipment, his pay, and when he expected to be mustered.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes description of Raycide's experiences in his camp near Nashville, his health, and the companies in his regiment.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his family; includes description of the acvities of Raycide's regiment, the landscape of Tennessee, and the food available in his camp near Nashville.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes description of Raycide's ill health, the landscape of Tennessee, the work of his regiment, and the food available in his camp near Nashville.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes description of Raycide's ill health, the possibility of his unit moving to Bridgeport, his family's debts, and his clothing.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes description of Raycide's experience being hospitalized in Nashville, Confederate destruction of railroads, his family's debts, and food.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his family; includes description of Raycide's health, activities around the hospital in Nashville, news on the Confederate war effort, and developments in the family.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes description of Raycide's activities around the hospital in Nashville, food, clothing, and his pay.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes description of Raycide's ill health, clothing he sent home, and food and medicine he wanted his family to send to him.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; describes Raycide's ill health, measles vaccination, and medicine he wanted his family to send to him.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his sister, Clarissa Mosher; includes description of the death of a fellow soldier due to illness, the food available in camp, and Raycide's intention to make some shell rings to send home.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his family; includes description of Raycide's ill health, the building activities of his army unit, and his pay.
Letter Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes description of the building of a stockade, Raycide's pay, and the medicines he wanted his family to send to him.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his sister, Clarissa Mosher; includes description of the shell rings Raycide made for her, the medicines he wanted sent to him, and the activities of his unit.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher; includes description of money issues, food in camp, and how Raycide wanted his family to deal with his sheep.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his sister, Clarissa Mosher; includes description of the activities of Raycide's army unit and life in camp, such as a foot race.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his family; includes description of labor and harvests related to the Mosher family farm, money issues, and the food items that Raycide would like sent to him.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes description of what Raycide would like done with his sheep, the prospect of moving the Mosher family to better land, and advice from Raycide to his family members.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his sister, Clarissa Mosher; includes Raycide's advice about selling wheat from the family farm and the food items he would like his family to send him.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes description of Raycide's ill health and his reflections on political matters.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes description of Raycide's camp in Chattanooga, his pay, and his hope that the war might end soon.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes description of his unit's encounter with Confederate soldiers and his unit's other activities.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes discussion of the family's wheat and plans for Raycide's unit to march toward Atlanta.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes discussion of Raycide's movement toward Atlanta, food available, how to deal with the family's wheat, and food and other items that Raycide would like sent to him.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes discussion of Raycide's march toward Atlanta, as well as food and other items that Raycide would like sent to him.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes description of General Sherman's march on Atlanta, Raycide's experiences in camp, and two of the men Raycide met in camp.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes discussion of Raycide's unit's move toward the Atlantic coast, soldiers he met who were from Michigan, and medicine that Raycide would like sent to him.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes description of Raycide's progress toward the Atlantic coast and the items he carried with him.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes description of Raycide's experience marching toward Savannah and items that he would like sent to him.

1865
Military records of Raycide Mosher; photocopies of originals held by the US government.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes description of Raycide's experience marching toward Savannah and what he would like done with his sheep.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes discussion of Raycide's movement from Savannah toward Charleston.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes discussion of General Sherman's military actions and some land that Raycide would like to purchase.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes discussion of General Sherman's military actions and Raycide's reflections on the landscape of the Carolinas.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes Raycide's advice to his family members and plans for after the war.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes discussion of the war's progress and life around camp.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his family; includes discussion of the war's progress and Raycide's desire to return home.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes description of Raycide's movement from Raleigh toward Washington, D.C., and a speech by Michigan Governor Henry H. Crapo.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his sister, Clarissa Mosher; includes description of Raycide's movement from Washington, D.C., to Louisville, and what he would like done with his sheep.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his sister, Clarissa Mosher; includes discussion of Raycide having his likeness taken and his wish for it to be framed.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his sister, Clarissa Mosher; includes discussion of Raycide's movement from Louisville to Nashville, saving and spending money, and the food available in and around camp.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes discussion of Raycide's plans upon returning home, such as purchasing land and keeping animals.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his family; includes discussion of Raycide's desire to return home and his advice about running the family farm.
Letter from Raycide Mosher to his mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes discussion of Raycide's unit's activities and his unhappiness with the officers.

1889
Letter from Ada May Kirby to her aunt, Adeline Mosher, wife of Raycide Mosher; includes discussion of the death of a family member and other family news.

1983
Articles from the newspapers the Lewiston Tribune and Palouse Empire News announcing the donation of the Raycide Mosher letters to the University of Idaho Library in September 1983.