Letters, 1858-1869.

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Letters, 1858-1869.

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Letters of Wilkins to his wife discussing living conditions on post at Albuquerque, N.M.; camp life, the weather, and other routine concerns at Newport Barracks, Ky.; conditions on post at Dahlonega, Ga.; deplorable conditions of the Georgia roads and of the U.S. Mint; political views of the citizens of Mobile, Ala, and economic conditions there; and officers' cottages at Fort Macon, N.C.A sketchbook contains drawings relating to the Civil War, including sketches of fellow officers, Burnside's Bridge at Antietam, a deserter at Fredericksburg, and a caricature of Horace Greeley after the 1872 election. There are also sketches of Capt. Henry Wirz mistreating prisoners at Andersonville, and of escapees being chased by hounds and given refuge by a black women in a log cabin.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

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Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and editor of the New-York Tribune, among the great newspapers of its time. Long active in politics, he served briefly as a congressman from New York, and was the unsuccessful candidate of the new Liberal Republican party in the 1872 presidential election against incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant, who won by a landslide. Greeley was born to a poor family in Amherst, New ...

Andersonville Prison

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United States. Army

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Wirz, Henry, 1823?-1865

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Wilkins, John D. (John Darragh), -1900

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U.S. Army officer. From the description of Letters, 1858-1869. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154271036 From the description of Letters, 1858-1869. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20504569 In July 1846, John D. Wilkins of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania joined the U.S. Army as a 2nd Lieutenant under the command of General Taylor, and was ordered to join the 4th Infantry at Matamoros where he reported to Major William Graham in October 1846. ...