Andrew J. Sproul papers, 1845-1890 [manuscript].

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Andrew J. Sproul papers, 1845-1890 [manuscript].

Letters received by Sproul, an immigrant from Ireland who settled in Ohio in 1851, from members of his family in Ireland, concerning family and neighborhood affairs, crops, prices, and other matters; letters, 1861- 1863, from Sproul to his wife while he was serving in the 16th Ohio Regiment at Vicksburg and elsewhere on the lower Mississippi River, concerning camps, neighborhoods, comrades, fighting, and "rebel" attitudes of some Union soldiers; miscellaneous accounts and memoranda; and a few photographs.

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Sproul, Andrew J., fl. 1845-1865.

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Andrew J. Sproul (fl. 1845-1865) was an immigrant from Ireland who settled in Ohio in 1851. During the Civil War he served in the 16th Ohio Regiment, United States Army, at Vicksburg, Miss., and elsewhere on the lower Mississippi River. From the guide to the Andrew J. Sproul Papers, ., 1845-1890, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

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