Letter, May 8, 1895.

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Letter, May 8, 1895.

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Letter to former Illinois governor Joseph W. Fifer, who had been a private in Company C, 33rd Illinois Infantry, describing the action at Cache River, Arkansas on July 7, 1862 and Pike's participation (which eventually won him a Congressional Medal of Honor).

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Fifer, Joseph Wilson, 1840-1938

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Civil War soldier, lawyer, state legislator, nineteenth governor of Illinois (1889-1893), and member of Interstate Commerce Commission (1899-1906). From the description of Papers, 1889-1891, n.d. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 124509798 Nineteenth governor of Illinois, 1889-1893, who had served in the 33rd Illinois Infantry during the Civil War, as Bloomington's city attorney, state's attorney and Illinois state senator. Was appointed to the Inte...

United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 33rd (1862) Company A.

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Pike, Edward M., 1838-1924

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Pike, a native of Maine, was a student at the Normal University in Bloomington, Illinois when he enlisted as a sergeant in Company A, 33rd Illinois Infantry in August 1861. He served his three-year enlistment and then settled in Chenoa, Illinois. From the description of Letter, May 8, 1895. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 190881365 ...