Letter, Feb. 23, 1863.

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Letter, Feb. 23, 1863.

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Letter to friend William Plattenburg in Canton, Ill. sent from Camp Reede, Jackson, Tenn. Refers to the Emancipation Proclamation, anti-war newspaper sentiments and his anger towards those back home who will not enlist and do not support the war. Mentions his poor health and possibility of discharge due to illness.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 103rd (1862-1865)

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Points, Daniel M.

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Points, D. M.

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Private in the 103rd Illinois Infantry from Canton, Illinois. From the description of Letter, Feb. 23, 1863. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53882390 ...

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...