Letters, 1860-1863.

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Letters, 1860-1863.

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Letters to his brother Dan. One letter prior to the war tells of attending a Republican rally in Decatur where in a parade the Wide Awakes rode horseback and all the women were in uniform. His war letters describe camp life, Alexandria, Va., his opinion of some military leaders and gives much discussion and speculation on the war. Dec. 1861 he writes that ex-Gov. Woods visited the camp and said he would ask Gov. Yates for better barracks, "but I guess he was denied." In May 1863 after a "slaughter" he writes that "Hooker is the best man to run a butcher shop." Frequent mentions of and his opinions on McClellan, Hooker and Burnside. Writes of the dissension between "secesh" and union in Alexandria, describes the town and attending Christ Church "where Washington attended". He discusses the skirmishes and battles involved in and the news about the men, illness, their feelings, and daily activities.

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Halleck, Henry Wager, 1815-1872

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Halleck was born on a farm in Westernville, Oneida County, New York, third child of 14 of Joseph Halleck, a lieutenant who served in the War of 1812, and Catherine Wager Halleck. Young Henry detested the thought of an agricultural life and ran away from home at an early age to be raised by an uncle, David Wager of Utica. He attended Hudson Academy and Union College, then the United States Military Academy. He became a favorite of military theorist Dennis Hart Mahan and was allowed to teach class...

Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881

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McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1865-1940

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Sargent, John Singer

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School teacher from Rockford, Illinois who served as a captain in the 8th Illinois Cavalry, Company M, during the Civil War. From the description of Letters, 1860-1863. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 54682228 Epithet: painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x000187 ...

United States. Army. Illinois Cavalry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865). Company M.

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