Papers, 1865, 1919, n.d.

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Papers, 1865, 1919, n.d.

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July 15, 1865 letter to Benjamin Beeler describes duties with 8th Illinois Infantry in Marshall, Texas, at end of Civil War. Includes 1919 newspaper clipping of letter and song written by Hinshaw, The Bonny Boys in Blue, about William T. Sherman.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

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Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio, near the banks of the Hocking River. His father, Charles Robert Sherman, a successful lawyer who sat on the Ohio Supreme Court, died unexpectedly in 1829. He left his widow, Mary Hoyt Sherman, with eleven children and no inheritance. After his father's death, the nine-year-old Sherman was raised by a Lancaster neighbor and family friend, attorney Thomas Ewing, Sr., a prominent member of the Whig Party who served as senator from Ohio and as the first S...

Hinshaw, William, b. 1842.

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Bloomington, Illinois, resident; 8th Illinois Infantry, Company K, during Civil War. From the description of Papers, 1865, 1919, n.d. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 33891236 ...

United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1866). Company K

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Beeler, Benjamin Sanders, b. 1825,

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