Oakleaf, Joseph Benjamin, 1858-1930

Lawyer in Moline, Illinois who maintained collections of Abraham Lincoln and Illinois history material. In 1908 he received from his friend, William F. Carlson, in Chicago, two letters pertaining to the 32nd Illinois Infantry and its passage on the U.S.S. Winona from Savannah, Georgia to Beaufort, S.C. in January 1865. The letters had come into Mr. Carlson's possession from E.H. Sheffield, who had been quartermaster on the ship at that time.

From the description of Papers, 1865, 1908-1909. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53167539

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