Papers, 1880-1895.

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Papers, 1880-1895.

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Correspondence, speeches, pamphlets and news clippings. Correspondence between Sarah Strong Fuller and W.E. Strong II with Gen. James Hyde, regarding William's desire to be admitted into the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, to which his father had belonged. Copy of a speech given by Gen. Strong at an 1880 Cincinnati banquet of the Society of Ex-Army and Navy Officers of which his friend Gen. Hickenlooper was President, and a copy of a speech given celebrating his friend, General Sheridan. Memorial pamphlets and news clippings about General Strong's death.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Strong Family (Chicago, ILL.)

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Chicago, Ill. family from which William Emerson Strong, Breveted Brigadier General in the Civil War serving in many of the major campaigns, married Mary Bostwick Ogden, daughter of Mahlon Ogden and niece of William B. Ogden, the first mayor of Chicago. They had three children, two boys, William Emerson II and Ogden and one daughter Sarah. From the description of Papers, 1880-1895. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 48034828 ...

Fuller, Sarah (Sarah Strong Fuller)

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Hyde, James Nevins, 1840-1910

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Strong, William Emerson, 1840-1891

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Civil war soldier who helped raise the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry in April 1861, was later assigned to duty with General William B. McPherson, and served at the Siege of Vicksburg, the Atlanta Campaign and Sherman's march to the sea, breveted Brigadier General in 1865. Friends with Captain Andrew Hickenlooper, chief of artillery, of the Army of the Tennessee, whom he calls "my hero". After McPherson's death, General Howard took over as commander of the Army of the Tennessee and Strong served as his ...