Correspondence, 1861-1864.

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Correspondence, 1861-1864.

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Letters of a Minnesota settler from Maine to his family. Woodbury described his new surroundings and his service in the 9th Minnesota Volunteers, particularly his unit's activities in fighting the Sioux and the Civil War campaign in Missouri. Includes letter from his wife to her parents telling of Woodbury's death from dysentery in Andersonville in 1864. Letters contain extremely negative comments toward the army, the cause of the North, Abraham Lincoln, and Indians.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 9th (1862-1865)

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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...

Woodbury, James Trask, 1803-1861

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U.S. Soldier, Co. C., 9th Minnesota Volunteers. From the description of Correspondence, 1861-1864. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 30098521 ...