Letters, 1878-1898.
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Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925
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Miles was born in Westminster, Massachusetts, on his family's farm. He worked in Boston, read military history, and mastered military principles and techniques, including battle drills. Miles was working as a crockery store clerk in Boston when the American Civil War began. He entered the Union Army as a volunteer on September 9, 1861, and fought in many crucial battles. He became a lieutenant in the 22nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and was commissioned a lieutenant colonel of t...
Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901
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Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) was a Republican politician who served as the 23rd President of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was both preceded and succeeded in office by Democrat Grover Cleveland. From the guide to the Benjamin Harrison letter to George C. Baker, 1888, (Brooklyn Historical Society) John Harrington Farley, born in Cleveland in 1845, was a Democratic politician who served three terms on Cleveland's city council (1871-1877) and two terms as its mayor (...
Baldwin, Frank Dwight, 1842-1923
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Frank Baldwin (1842-1923) was born in Manchester (Mich.) and graduated from Hillsdale College and the Univ. of Mich. He enrolled in the Chandler Horse Guard in 1861, eventually rising to the rank of Maj. Gen. Frank received two Congressional Medals of Honor. Alice Blackwood Baldwin (1846- ) was the daughter of Thomas Blackwood and graduated from Albion Female Seminary. She married Frank in 1867. Alice wrote a biography of her husband. She died after 1929 in Santa Monica (Calif.), while visiting ...
