Wilson J. Pickard Civil War letters, 1865.

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Wilson J. Pickard Civil War letters, 1865.

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This collection consists of 42 letters and 11 envelopes addressed to Pickard's family (35 of the letters by Pickard and 7 letters by three other soldiers in the 148th Illinois Infantry--Pvt. William McLane, Sgt. J.P. Swift, and Pvt. B.A. Tozier). The majority of the letters detail life in the camps, but Pickard also reports on the larger events of the time. In an 11 April letter, he describes local celebrations following the surrender of Robert E. Lee, and on 17 April Pickard laments the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the mixed reaction of the troops. At the news of Lincoln's assassination, he reported that three soldiers in the camp suggested three cheers and were strictly punished along with local residents who also celebrated the assassination. In May, Pickard details the friction between the enlisted men and officers which ultimately resulted in a regiment rebelling against its officer, General Dudley.

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Pickard, Wilson J., -1865

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Private Wilson J. Pickard, from Tiskilwa, Illinois, was mustered into Company K of the 148th Illinois Infantry on 11 February 1865, and stationed in Tullahoma, Tennessee, where he died of typhoid on 26 June 1865, without seeing combat. From the description of Wilson J. Pickard Civil War letters, 1865. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 760307165 ...

Swift, James P.

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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...

Tozier, Benjamin A.

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United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 148th (1865). Company K

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McLane, William, 1949-

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