Papers, ca. 1855-1948.

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Papers, ca. 1855-1948.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70287242

The collection consists mainly of letters written to Cyrus W. Rayhill by fellow soldiers and family members during the Civil War. There is also family correspondence before the war and after, family documents, and business records. Some correspondence before the war concerns difficulties in Kansas at the time and discourages Rayhill from going there.

1 manuscript box, 1 folder of color photographs, 1 cased image.

Indiana Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8029476

Indiana Historical Society Library

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United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 16th (1861-1865)

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Rayhill, Cyrus W., 1835-1905.

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