John E. Rastall papers

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John E. Rastall papers

1861-1864

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1327

John E. Rastall was a Union Lieutenant with the First Regiment, Eastern Shore, Maryland Volunteers during the Civil War. The collection includes 128 letters written by Rastall to his family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin detailing his service in Virginia and Maryland, especially on the Eastern Shore.

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University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6326186

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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United States. Army. Maryland Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865)

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Rastall, John Edward, 1840-1927

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John E. Rastall was a British-born Milwaukee, Wisconsin resident active in abolitionist activities and newspaper publishing before he served as First Lieutenant and adjutant of the First Maryland Eastern Shore Volunteers, U.S.A. during the Civil War. After the war, he published newspapers in Kansas and worked for the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers of John E. Rastall, 1861-1864. (University of Maryland Libraries)....