Letter, 1929.

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Letter, 1929.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31883715

The collection contains a letter written in 1929 by Williams, then 84 years old, about his Civil War experiences. He mentions several battles, that he voted for Lincoln in 1864 though not of age, and that after Lincoln's assassination "the officers could hardly keep the soldiers from burning the city [of Raleigh, N.C.]."

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Indiana Historical Society Library

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Indiana Historical Society Library

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United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 12th (1861-1865)

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Williams, T. J., b. ca. 1845.

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Williams served with the 12th Indiana Volunteer Regiment, Company D, from Nov. 1863 to Jan. 1866. From the description of Letter, 1929. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 31883715 ...

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...