Nathaniel Harrison Harris papers, 1865-1899 [manuscript].

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Nathaniel Harrison Harris papers, 1865-1899 [manuscript].

The collection contains two letters and, on microfilm, two pamphlets. One letter, 23 April 1865, from R. E. Harris, a Union soldier, to his mother, describes the funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the search for John Wilkes Booth; the other, 22 March 1899, from N. H. Harris in London to Captain Charles J. Lewis, New Orleans, comments on and corrects Lewis's recent article, "The Gallant Charge of Harris's Brigade at the Wilderness." The two pamphlets are J. W. M. Harris, "The Lesson Which Natchez Teaches her Sons"; and an address, 1884, and extracts from the diary of General N. H. Harris, published by his son, W. M. Harris, 1901.

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Harris, R. E., fl. 1865.

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Harris, J. W. M.

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Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865

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Actor; assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. From the description of John Wilkes Booth-Miller collection, 19??-1946 / Ernest Conrad Miller. (Allegheny College). WorldCat record id: 44935230 From the description of Papers, 1863 June-1865 April. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27418055 From the description of Letter: Franklin, [Pennsylvania], to John, [18]64 June 17. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27418059 ...

Harris, Nathaniel Harrison, 1834-1900.

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Nathaniel Harrison Harris (1834-1900) was born in Natchez, Miss. Harris was captain of Company C of the 19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America. He became Brigadier General in 1864. From the description of Nathaniel Harrison Harris papers, 1865-1899 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23805186 Nathaniel Harrison Harris (1834-1900) was born in Natchez, Miss., studied law at the University of Louisiana, and practiced law in Vicksburg, Miss. Harris was c...

Lewis, Charles James (British painter 1830-1892)

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Harris, W. M., 1919-

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Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 19th.

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...