Correspondence, 1861-1862.

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Correspondence, 1861-1862.

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Four letters to Elizabeth Spencer from Washington, DC or the area around it, describe military camps; Washington and its environs; hospitals and care of the wounded; Alexandria, Virginia and Arlington House; attitudes toward George B. McClellan and Nathaniel P. Banks; and the arrival of Abraham Lincoln in Washington. Two letters were written by C. B. Stephens, one by Bradley D. Lee of the 19th Connecticut Infantry, and one signature is unclear.

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McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885

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George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician who served as the 24th Governor of New Jersey. A graduate of West Point, McClellan served with distinction during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848), and later left the Army to work on railroads until the outbreak of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Early in the conflict, McClellan was appointed to the rank of major general and played an important role i...

Banks, Nathaniel Prentice, 1816-1894

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Nathaniel Prentice (or Prentiss) Banks (January 30, 1816 – September 1, 1894) was an American politician from Massachusetts and a Union general during the Civil War. A millworker by background, Banks was prominent in local debating societies, and his oratorical skills were noted by the Democratic Party. However, his abolitionist views fitted him better for the nascent Republican Party, through which he became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and Governor of Massachusetts ...

United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862).

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Stephens, C. B., fl. 1862.

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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...

Lee, Bradley David, ca. 1838-ca. 1897.

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Spencer, Elizabeth, 1830-fl. 1870.

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Elizabeth Spencer, a native of New York, was the second wife of Congregational minister Franklin A. Spencer. She had three children. At the time the family was living in New Hartford, Litchfield County, Connecticut. From the description of Correspondence, 1861-1862. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 434841889 ...