Letters, 1889-1890.

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Letters, 1889-1890.

Letters from Mason Brayman, Samuel Fallows, James D. Morgan, John M. Palmer and John E. Smith concern Civil War history.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Morgan, James Dada, 1810-1896.

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Cist, Henry Martyn, 1839-1902

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Cincinnati, Ohio, lawyer; Civil War general, 74th Ohio Regiment; military historian and author; secretary, Society of the Army of the Cumberland. From the description of Letters, 1889-1890. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28287303 ...

Fallows, Samuel, 1835-1922

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Palmer, John M. (John McAuley), 1817-1900

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Civil War general and Illinois governor, 1869-1873. From the description of Papers, 1869, 1870, 1871. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53398561 Illinois lawyer, colonel of the 14th Illinois Infantry and later general during the Civil War, governor of Illinois (1869-1873), and U.S. Senator (1891-1897). From the description of Legal documents, 1849-1867. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 748839839 Civil ...

Smith, John Eugene, 1816-1897.

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Galena, Illinois, jeweler; colonel, 45th Illinois Infantry, promoted brigadier general, 1862; major general, U.S. Army, in Washington, D.C. and the western U.S. until retiring in 1881. From the description of Military papers, 1861-1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 34798878 Born in Switzerland, came to St. Louis and worked as a jeweler until the Civil War broke out and he helped organize the 45th Illinois, remained in the military until 1881 wh...

Brayman, Mason, 1813-1895

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Brayman was born in Buffalo, New York on May 23, 1813. Raised with a Calvinist outlook and a hatred of liquor, he was apprenticed to a printer at the age of 17. Five years later he became editor of a local newspaper. In addition to his work with newspapers, he studied law and was admitted to the New York Bar in 1836. The year after his admission to the bar, Brayman married his wife, Mary. She was a direct descendant of Roger Williams and the union produced two daughters and a son. Following h...