The Cross family papers, 1865-1981.

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The Cross family papers, 1865-1981.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47065356

Contains the following types of materials: correspondence, personnel documents, awards / certificates, clippings, newspapers, diary / journal, 201 file, telegram - assassination of Lincoln. Contains information pertaining to the following wars: World War I, World War II. Contains information pertaining to the following military units: 517th Parachute Infantry Unit Regimental Combat Team, 8th Infantry Division. General description of the collection: The Cross Family papers include papers and official documents covering military career, telegram concerning assassination of Abraham Lincoln, collection also contains five scrapbooks dealing with his citations and newspaper clippings.

6 boxes.

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7574149

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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Cross family

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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...