Civil War letters. 1862-1865.

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Civil War letters. 1862-1865.

Abstracts of letters of the three sons of Benjamin Colby of Springfield, N.H. Includes description of city and mood of the people in Washington, D.C. following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

12 p. 28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7964496

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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...

Colby family.

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