Papers, 1861-1865.

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Papers, 1861-1865.

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Civil War letters, primarily to wife Rosella Keller Drish, describe life with the 32nd Illinois Infantry (1861-1862) and the 122nd Illinois Infantry (1862-1865). Includes details of Battles at Shiloh, Nashville; descriptions and sketch of Fort Henry; life at Camp Butler and Corinth, Mississippi; and the Mobile Campaign, 1864, including battles at Spanish Fort and Blakely, Alabama. July 10, 1863 letter mentions plot to assassinate Illinois governor Richard Yates.

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United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 32nd (1861-1865)

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Regiment mustered in Dec. 1861 for four years service in Civil War. From the description of Consolidated provision return: Fort Henry, Tenn., 1862 March 1-5. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 34607989 ...

Drish, James F., b. 1833.

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Adjutant, 32nd Illinois Infantry, 1861-1862; lieutenant colonel, 122nd Illinois Infantry, 1862-1865; grocer, Carlinville, Illinois, 1854- 1861; hardware and farm implement dealer, Mattoon, Illinois, 1865-; mayor Matoon, Illinois, 1867. From the description of Papers, 1861-1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 29647681 ...

Yates, Richard, 1815-1873

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American lawyer and politician. From the description of Letter signed, with a line in his autograph : Springfield, Illinois, to President Lincoln, 1863 Feb. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584462 Illinois governor, 1861-1865; member, Illinois House of Representatives, 1842-1846, 1849-1850; U.S. senator, 1865-1871. From the description of Letter : General Head Quarters, Springfield, State of Illinois, to John S. Bradford, 1861 April 17. (Abraham Lincoln Pres...

United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 122nd (1862-1865)

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Drish, Rosella C. Keller,

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