Smith, Dietrich

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Pekin, Illinois Sergeant in the 8th Illinois, the German regiment, who was wounded in the arm at Pittsburgh Landing and returned home and later joined the 139th Illinois Infantry as a Lieutenant. Married Carrie Piper of Beardstown while he was home.

From the description of Papers, April 1861-Feb. 1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 54901204

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creatorOf Smith, Dietrich C., 1840-. Papers, April 1861-Feb. 1865. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
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Illinois--Pekin
United States
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Belmont, Battle of, Belmont, Mo., 1861
Fort Donelson, Battle of, Tenn., 1862
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Birth 1840

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