Reuel Smith papers, 1861-1865.

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Reuel Smith papers, 1861-1865.

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Correspondence, 24 Jan. 1861 - 29 May 1865, to Reuel Smith from E.M. Beach a merchant of Charleston, S.C., and from his brother, E.D. Beach, and Drake Mills, both in New York, re secession and Civil War as seen by residents of North and South. Letters, 24 Jan. 1861, from E.M. Beach, Charleston, S.C., refuting Smith's claims re secession and the South's opposition to Lincoln; 18 Feb. 1864, from E.D. Beach, imploring Smith to assist in defending his brother, E.M. Beach, against accusations of being a Copperhead with sympathy for the Confederacy, charges of which were being used to justify the confiscation of his real and personal property at Skaneateles (Onondaga County, N.Y.); Letter, 29 May 1865, reporting destruction of property resulting from passage of Sherman's troops through the area, and announcing E.M. Beach's purchase of "a place in Kirkwood, the suburb of Camden [S.C.]"

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Beach family

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Smith, Reuel.

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Reuel Smith was a resident of New York; E.M. Smith was listed in the 1860 U.S. Federal Census as head of household in a residence in Ward 2 of Charleston, S.C., with his wife, son, and eight servants with the family name of Vandyne, who were natives of S.C. and Ireland. From the description of Reuel Smith papers, 1861-1865. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 33212518 ...

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...

Mills, Drake, 1807?-1863

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Beach, E. M., b.1810

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