Aaron Harber family letters, 1862-1865.

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Aaron Harber family letters, 1862-1865.

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The collection consists of letters from Aaron Harber from Cleveland (OH), Lexington (Ky), Murfreesboro (Tenn.), and Trenton (GA). In his letters he describes being sent to Camp Dennison, Ohio and being put in the Invalid Corps after an arm injury. He writes about being sent to Carver [Barracks] Hospital and Rush [& Reynolds] Barracks in Washington, D.C. for guard duty. Most of his letters describe camp life, fellow soldiers, health, and attempts to get furloughs. Two of the letters (5/11/1864 and 4/12/1865) mention Abraham Lincoln. There are also several letters from friends to Mina and from Mina to her husband. Her letters describe the struggles to do housework and raise the children (Nicholas A. and James B.) alone.

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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...

Harber, Aaron, 1838-

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Union Army soldier. From the description of Aaron Harber correspondence, 1858-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 774214443 Aaron Harber was a Private in Company A, 105th Ohio Infantry during the Civil War. He wrote letters to his wife Nancy Almina "Mina" Harber in Brierhill, Ohio. From the description of Aaron Harber family letters, 1862-1865. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 609870754 ...