Papers [microform], 1848-1898.

Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886

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John A. Logan was born near what is now Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, the son of Dr. John Logan and Dr. Logan's second wife, Elizabeth (Jenkins) Logan. He studied with his father and with a private tutor, then studied for three years at Shiloh College. He enlisted in the 1st Illinois Infantry for the Mexican–American War, and received a commission as a second lieutenant and assignment as the regimental quartermaster. After the war Logan studied law in the office of his uncle, Alexand...

Democratic Party (Ill.)

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Illinois branch of U.S Democratic Party. From the description of Speech notes, 1860 July 25. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 34608028 ...

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...

Haynie, Isham Nicholas, 1824-1868.

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Cairo, Illinois, lawyer; lieutenant, 6th Illinois Infantry, Co. C, Mexican War; member, Illinois House of Representatives, 1851-1852; colonel, 48th Illinois Infantry and brigadier general, U.S. Army, Civil War; Illinois adjutant general, 1865-1868. From the description of Papers, 1832-1834, 1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 33374044 Lawyer, politician, and Mexican & Civil War soldier from Cairo, Ill. During the Mex...

Oglesby, Richard J. (Richard James), 1824-1899

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American soldier and legislator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to G.H. Williams, 1873 Mar. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611451 Richard J. Ogelsby was an officer in the Civil War and seriously wounded, eventually promoted to major general, elected to governor of Illinois in 1864, 1872 and 1884, and ten days after his 1885 term began, resigned after being chosen by the Illinois Republican party for the senate. He had been an orphan and ...

Morrison, William R. (William Ralls), 1825-1909

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Served in the Illinois legislature, 1854-1860 and 1870-1871, as a Colonel in the Civil War, in the U.S. Congress,1863-1865 and 1873-1887, as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1856, 1868, 1884 and 1888 and appointed to the Interstate Commerce Commission by both President Cleveland and President Harrison, serving from 1887-1897. Helped form the 49th Illinois Infantry. Was a member of the House Ways and Means Committee Committee. Authored the horizontal reduction tariff bill. Cons...

United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 48th (1861-1865)

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Haynie, Edwin C. (Edwin Cooper), 1856-1916.

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