Letters, 1862-1863.

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Letters, 1862-1863.

Writing to his family from sites in Ky., Tenn., and Ohio, fisher, a Union soldier, talks of burying dead soldiers, camp conditions, money shortages, skirmishes with the Confederates, and several leaders such as Ulysses S. Grant, William Rosencrans, and George Meade; he also relays news he had heard about other advances.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7603221

The Filson Historical Society

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Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885

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Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio-died July 23, 1885, Wilton, New York) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans, created the Justice Department, and reestablish the public credit. Promoted lieutenant-general, in 1864, Grant led the Union Army in winning the American Civ...

United States. Army

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Fisher, Will

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Will Fisher served as a Union soldier during the Civil War. From the description of Letters, 1862-1863. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49222086 ...

Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872

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Meade was a US Army officer, most noted for his route of Gen. Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg in July of 1863 during the U.S. Civil War. From the description of [Document and photograph] / Geo. M. Meade. [1863] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 287187126 ...

Rosencrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898.

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