John P. DeMerit correspondence, 1865.

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John P. DeMerit correspondence, 1865.

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ALS (1865 May 6; Mobile, Ala.) from DeMerit, while serving with the 29th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, to his sister concerning the surrender of the Confederacy and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. DeMerit describes his visits to a Presbyterian Sunday School and worship service, compares Northern and Southern women, and describes the current fashions in Mobile, Ala.

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United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 29th (1862-1865)

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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...

DeMerit, John P.

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This Union Army regiment marched through Louisiana during 1863-1865. DeMerit recorded place names including: Opelousas, Buzzards Prairie, Vermillionville, New Iberia, Franklin, Centreville, Berwick, Algiers, Natchitoches, Pleasant Hall, Red River, Grand Ecore, and Alexandria. An address in New Orleans is noted in the diary. From the description of Civil War diary of John P. DeMerit, 1863-1866. (Tulane University). WorldCat record id: 355124733 Union army officer. ...