Sketchbook, 1874-1882.

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Sketchbook, 1874-1882.

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Approx. 100 pen and ink sketches depicting army life in the Civil War, battles, prison conditions, equipment and military dress. Miscellaneous poems, quotations and civil and military facts including an essay "Army Life of Regulars". A brief history of the 11th Ill. Infantry. Copies of general orders and letters of Brigadier General T.E. Ransom. Some family information. Sketches done after the war. All captioned, signed and dated by Ransom.

1 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 33 x 22 cm.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 11th (1861-1865)

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Ransom family.

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Ransom, Thomas Edwin Greenfield, 1834-1864

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From Fayette County, Illinois, Civil War General of the 11th Illinois Infantry, who died Oct. 29, 1864, exactly one month before his thirtieth birthday. From the description of Report, June 11, 1864. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53969467 ...

Ransom, Frederick E.

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Member of surveying party for the Union Pacfic Railroad Company; United States Army officer. From the description of Frederick E. Ransom drawings, [ca. 1865-1868]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702150599 From Edgewood, Ill. served in the 11th Illinois Infantry, Co. E as Sgt. and 2nd Lieutenant. Brother of General Thomas Edwin Ransom of the 17th Army Corps who died in the war. From the description of Sketchbook, 1874-1882. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). ...