Civil War reminiscence, ca. 1901-1904.

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Civil War reminiscence, ca. 1901-1904.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/458603440

Recollections of Freeman's experience early in the Civil War riding to Anna, Illinois to send word to Governor Richard Yates about a Confederate plot to destroy the homes and possessions of the Unionists of Union County, Illinois. Written during the administration of the second Governor Yates.

9 p.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7559755

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Yates, Richard, 1815-1873

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American lawyer and politician. From the description of Letter signed, with a line in his autograph : Springfield, Illinois, to President Lincoln, 1863 Feb. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584462 Illinois governor, 1861-1865; member, Illinois House of Representatives, 1842-1846, 1849-1850; U.S. senator, 1865-1871. From the description of Letter : General Head Quarters, Springfield, State of Illinois, to John S. Bradford, 1861 April 17. (Abraham Lincoln Pres...

Freeman, Mrs. Henry Clay, ca. 1825-fl. 1901.

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Listed as Lizzie in the 1860 census, Freeman, a native of Pennsylvania, and her husband had married in the year before June 1860. Settled in Union County, Illinois at that time, Freeman was living in LaGrange, Illinois in the early twentieth century. From the description of Civil War reminiscence, ca. 1901-1904. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 458603440 ...