Speech, 1866.

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Speech, 1866.

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Draft of speech urging Lake County, Illinois veterans of the Fremont Rifles to organize for their rights such as equal bounties, care for soldiers' orphans and widows, and preferential treatment for veterans seeking offices. Also urges rights, expecially suffrage, for black veterans.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Payne, Eugene B. (Eugene Beauharnais), 1835-1910

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Lake County, Illinois attorney (1860-1886); served in the 37th Illinois Infantry (1861-1865) rising from captain to brevet brigadier general. Represented Lake County in the Illinois House of Representatives (1865-1869), and served as a special pension examiner in Cleveland, Ohio (1887-1889). From the description of Speech, 1866. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 226967101 Eugene Payne served as an Union officer in the 37th Illinois Infantry Regiment...