Papers, 1861-1866.

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Papers, 1861-1866.

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Letters to his sister Lucy back in Ohio are filled with the war. Writes in detail of all activities, marching, camping, what officers are doing, every skirmish and battle his regiment is involved in and what he hears about other regiments' activities. Gives war gossip. Refers to rumors of the death of General Zollicoffer in several letters and then tells what happened when the body was brought through Danville, Kentucky. Tells of a confrontation between Gen. Buell and Gen. Schoepf, with Schoepf pulling a gun on Buell. Also describes the country they travel through with emphasis on the crops that are growing as when in South Carolina he describes the rice fields. Tells what they are finding to eat and news of soldiers from home. Describes riding in the grand review. Last letter written from Missouri describes his trip there.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk, 1812-1862

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Tennessee printer, editor, state legislator, U.S. congressman, and Confederate general killed at the Battle of Mill Springs, Ky. From the description of Letters, 1832-1855. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49479566 Confederate general. From the description of Signature, cut from the register of Brown's Hotel : Washington, D.C., [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584722 ...

Marion, Frederick.

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Soldier in the 31st Ohio Infantry during the Civil War. Saw action at Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, the siege of Atlanta, and Savannah. Rode in the grand review in Washington before Generals Grant and Sherman and President Johnson. After the war he returned to Ohio and in 1866 traveled to Missouri. From the description of Papers, 1861-1866. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 52707965 ...

Buell, Don Carlos, 1818-1898

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Don Carlos Buell was born in Lowell, Ohio, the eldest of nine children born to Salmon and Elizabeth Buell. He was a first cousin of George P. Buell, also a Union general. Buell's father died when he was 8 years old, and his uncle took him in and raised him. As a child, Buell had a difficult time making friends due to his distant, introverted personality and was often made fun of by other children. After winning a fight with a neighborhood bully, he became awakened to the idea that discipline and...

United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 31st (1861-1865). Company K.

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