[The Civil war ; miscellaneous materials about the American civil war.]. 1946?

Hacker, Louis M. (Louis Morton), 1899-1987

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Historian. From the description of Reminiscences of Louis Morton Hacker : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481256 ...

Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967

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Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) was an American author, editor and poet. He won three Pulitzer prizes, two for his poetry and the third for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. From the guide to the Carl Sandburg Collection, 1924-1954, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) American poet, novelist and historian, Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) won two Pulitzer Prizes, one for Abraham Lincoln: the War Years and the other for The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg ...

Holbrook, Stewart H., 1893-1964

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Prolific author and journalist, Stewart Hall Holbrook (1893-1964), was well known for works of popular history that covered a variety of topics. A columnist for the Oregonian newspaper, Holbrook also published several books. He described these writings as "lowbrow or non-stuffed shirt history." Born in Vermont, Holbrook had traveled throughout North America with his father while still a child, but was left to fend for himself after his father's untimely death. As a teenager, Holbrook supported h...

Birmingham, Frederic Alexander, 1911-

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Helper, Hinton Rowan, 1829-1909

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American writer and diplomat. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to A.H. Rathbone, 1893 Aug. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270470872 Author and diplomat. From the description of Letters of Hinton Rowan Helper, 1860-1901. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450859 Hinton Rowan Helper, born December 27, 1829 in Davie County, North Carolina, was a Southern critic of slavery whose books inflamed the South. His objection to the syst...

Ericsson, John, 1803-1889

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Swedish-born engineer and inventor; emigrated to the United States in 1839. From the description of John Ericsson papers, 1821-1890 (bulk 1842-1886). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980081 Swedish-born engineer John Ericsson designed the first screw-driven steamship to cross the Atlantic and the first propeller-driven steam warship for the US Navy. In 1861 he contracted with the Navy to build an ironclad warship, Monitor, which successfully fought the Confederate ironclad V...

Andrews, James J., -1862

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Andrews was a Confederate soldier in the 13th Georgia Infantry. From the description of Letter to Judge Hartford Green [manuscript], 1864 February 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647837476 ...

Johnson, Owen, 1878-1952

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Owen McMahon Johnson (1878-1952), novelist and short story writer, was the author of the Lawrenceville stories and Stover at Yale (1914). He attended Lawrenceville School and graduated from Yale in 1901, was a war correspondent during World War I, and published his last novel in 1931. From the description of Owen Johnson papers, 1889-1950 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702131648 Owen Johnson, American novelist and short-story writer, is best remembe...

Bacon, Milton

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Eisenschiml, Otto, 1880-1963

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Chemist, author, and Civil War/Lincolniana expert. From the description of Papers, 1936-1963. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 21204274 ...

Lorant, Stefan, 1901-1997

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Stefan Lorant is widely acknowledged as a founder of modern pictorial journalism. After growing up amid his family's studio photography business in Budapest, he pursued a career in silent-filmmaking in Vienna and Berlin, then went on to both found and edit picture magazines in Germany, Hungary, and England. In 1940 he came to America and began writing and producing photographically-illustrated history books. From the description of Stefan Lorant collection, ca. 1869-1993 (bulk 1920-1...

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...