Papers, April 1861-Feb. 1865.

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Papers, April 1861-Feb. 1865.

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Letters to Carrie while serving with the 8th from Camp at Cairo, Ill. and Tennessee tell of his shock at the death of Stephen A. Douglas, the regiment, camp life and the battles at Belmont and Fort Donelson. Letter from Jackson, Tenn. describes being quartered among a town of Southern sympathizers. Several letters from Peter Weyhrich, 44th Illinois Infantry, to Dietrich while in Pekin from Murfreesboro and Vicksburg after its capture. Letter, 1863, from a friend in the 8th tells of the review of the 8th by Gen R.J. Oglesby. Muster rolls for the 139th. A number of letters from Carrie, including one from Texas where she taught school for a short time, describes her job and Texas. Letter, Feb. 1865, Dietrich to his wife from Washington tells of an open reception given by Mrs. Lincoln, where he met the president who although he was "smiling looked thin and careworn."

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861

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Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. He was one of two Democratic Party nominees for president in the 1860 presidential election, which was won by Abraham Lincoln. Douglas had previously defeated Lincoln in the 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois, known for the Lincoln–Douglas debates. During the 1850s, Douglas was one of the foremost advocates of popular sovereignty, which held that each territory should be allowe...

United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 44th.

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Weyhrich, Peter.

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United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 139th. Company C.

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Oglesby, Richard J. (Richard James), 1824-1899

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American soldier and legislator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to G.H. Williams, 1873 Mar. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611451 Richard J. Ogelsby was an officer in the Civil War and seriously wounded, eventually promoted to major general, elected to governor of Illinois in 1864, 1872 and 1884, and ten days after his 1885 term began, resigned after being chosen by the Illinois Republican party for the senate. He had been an orphan and ...

Smith, Dietrich

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Pekin, Illinois Sergeant in the 8th Illinois, the German regiment, who was wounded in the arm at Pittsburgh Landing and returned home and later joined the 139th Illinois Infantry as a Lieutenant. Married Carrie Piper of Beardstown while he was home. From the description of Papers, April 1861-Feb. 1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 54901204 ...

Piper, Carrie.

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United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 8th. Company I.

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