Papers, 1862-1923.

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Papers, 1862-1923.

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Diary January 22-March 8, 1865 while stationed with the signal corps near New Orleans; 1866-1867 spiritual experience and sermon topics journal (in same book as New Orleans diary); account of 1862 experiences with the Ellet ram fleet on the Mississippi River at Memphis and Vicksburg, written later, probably for speeches; 2 maps of operations at Memphis and Vicksburg used to illustrate speeches.

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Ellet, Charles Rivers, 1843-1863

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Ellet was born on June 1, 1843 in Philadelphia, the son of the noted civil engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. He was studying medicine at Georgetown University when the Civil War began. He served as an Army Assistant Surgeon during 1861-62. In the spring of 1862, when his father established the U.S. Ram Fleet, an Army unit of river steamers converted to rams, Charles Rivers Ellet transferred to that organization. Promoted to the rank of colonel later in the year, he commanded the ram Queen of the We...

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Ellet, Alfred Washington, 1820-1895

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Alfred Washington Ellet (b. October 11, 1820, Penn's Manor, Bucks County, Pennsylvania-d. January 9, 1895, El Dorado, Kansas), American army officer....

Warren, William Fredrick, 1840-1926.

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Warren, a native of Iowa, enlisted in the 59th Illinois Infantry on August 16, 1861. He was transferred to the Mississippi Marine Brigade on January 1, 1863, was commissioned in the U. S. Army Signal Corps on March 3, 1863, and resigned as a first lieutenant and brevet captain on May 29, 1865. He became a Methodist minister, serving circuits in Colorado and then California. From the description of Papers, 1862-1923. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 64797702...

United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 59th

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United States. Army. Mississippi Marine Brigade

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