Letters, 1861, 1864 (bulk 1861)

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Letters, 1861, 1864 (bulk 1861)

Letters to wife and family members describe life in wartime Washington, D.C. Includes mentions of Abraham Lincoln and the death and funeral of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7251530

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Ellsworth, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim), 1837-1861

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Born as Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth in Malta, New York, Ellsworth grew up in Mechanicville, New York, and later moved to New York City. In 1854, he moved to Rockford, Illinois, where he worked for a patent agency. In 1859, he became engaged to Carrie Spafford, the daughter of a local industrialist and city leader. When Carrie's father demanded that he find more suitable employment, he moved to Chicago to study law and work as a law clerk. In 1860, Ellsworth moved to Springfield, Illinois, to work...

Butler, C. M. (Clement Moore), 1810-1890

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Clergyman, author; minister, Syracuse and Palmyra, New York, Baltimore, Maryland, Boston and Washington, D.C.; rector, Grace Church, Rome, 1861-1864; professor, Divinty School of Protestant Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1864-1884. From the description of Letters, 1861, 1864 (bulk 1861) (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27988958 Clement M. Butler preached the funeral sermon for the victims of the explosion on the U. S. S. Princeton. A...

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...