Realf, Richard, 1834-1878
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Realf, Richard, 1834-1878
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Realf, Richard, 1834-1878
Realf, Richard
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Poet, lecturer, abolitionist, and soldier.
Realf was a poet, dramatist, abolitionist, and soldier.
Abolitionist and poet.
Richard Realf was an abolitionist, poet and lecturer. During the Civil War he served in the 88th Illinois Infantry. Sophie M. Smith (Leonard) began writing to Realf, addressed to his pseudonym Richard Rolfe, responding to an advertisement in the newspaper asking for young women to write to soldiers on the front.
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Abolitionists
American letters
Poets, American
Atlanta Campaign, 1864
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Manuscripts, American
Soldiers
Soldiers' writings, American
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Soldiers
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Illinois
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Southern States
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Kansas
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United States
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Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
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United States
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Confederate States of America
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United States
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Illinois--Chicago
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