Correspondence. 1853-1864.

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Correspondence. 1853-1864.

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Steele served as a Corporal in Company D, 79th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers. He enlisted in August of 1862 from Hancock County and died at Nashville, Tennessee on December 21, 1862. Correspondence consists mainly of letters to his wife and family in Hancock county. Also included is an inventory of his personal property.

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