Papers, 1862-1867.

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Papers, 1862-1867.

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Includes a copy of a letter written May 17, 1863 from Corinth, Miss. describing the pillage and destruction of property by Union soldiers and mentions an encampment of freedmen. Quartermaster documents from 1862-1865. Several letters from 1867 regarding an appointment to the Quartermaster Department in Washington, D.C. Ledger, 1865, from the grocery store in Chicago.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Harford, John, 1841-?

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From Dover, Illinois enlisted in 1861 as a private in the 57th Illinois Infantry and was promoted to Quartermaster, at which he served until the end of the Civil War. After the war, he worked for a short time in Chicago as a clerk in a grocery owned by W.B. Bryant and W.D. Stratton. From the description of Papers, 1862-1867. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 49281501 ...

United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 57th (1861-1865)

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