Letter, June 27, 1864.

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Letter, June 27, 1864.

Letter from Nashville, Tennessee to his uncle discusses theft by the soldiers from the local residents, attitudes toward blacks, and attitudes toward Andrew Johnson.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6908205

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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United States. Army. Illinois Light Artillery Regiment, Cogswell's (1864).

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Cunningham, W. (William), 1849-1919

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Cunningham, a native of New York, was a Chicago clerk when he enlisted in Cogswell's Light Artillery in January 1864. He was mustered out August 14, 1865. Later he was a traveling salesman, living in Ottawa, Illinois. From the description of Letter, June 27, 1864. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 165199931 ...

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

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Andrew Johnson (b. December 29, 1808, Raleigh, North Carolina-d. July 31, 1875, Carter's Station, Tennessee) became the seventeenth president of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1808. He began his political career in Greenville, Tennessee in 1828. At the time of this letter he was the Democratic senator from Tennessee. Emerson Etheridge was born in Carrituck County, North Carolina. As a representative of Tennes...