William D. Hudson correspondence, 1863.

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William D. Hudson correspondence, 1863.

ALsS (1863 July 5 and November 8) to Hudson while serving with the 90th Ohio Infantry Regiment from his mother, Nancy Hudson, of South Bloomfield, Ohio, conveying news of the war and her concern for his provisions and safety. She refers to successes of the Union Army; seige of Vicksburg, Miss.; Battle of Gettysburg, Pa.; Battle of Chickamauga, Ga.; and activities of troops under Union Generals Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, George Gordon Meade, and John M. Palmer.

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Hudson, William D., active 1863

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Union Army soldier. From the description of William D. Hudson correspondence, 1863. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 774214444 ...

United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 90th (1862-1865)

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Crittenden, Thomas Leonidas, 1819-1893

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Crittenden was born in Russellville, Kentucky, the son of U.S. Senator John J. Crittenden, who later became 17th governor of Kentucky. He was also brother of Confederate general George B. Crittenden, and author Ann Mary Butler Crittenden Coleman, as well as a cousin of Union general Thomas Turpin Crittenden. He married Catherine Todd, the daughter of his father's second wife. Their son, John Jordan Crittenden III, served in the United States Army and died with Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer at...

Palmer, John M. (John McAuley), 1817-1900

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Civil War general and Illinois governor, 1869-1873. From the description of Papers, 1869, 1870, 1871. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53398561 Illinois lawyer, colonel of the 14th Illinois Infantry and later general during the Civil War, governor of Illinois (1869-1873), and U.S. Senator (1891-1897). From the description of Legal documents, 1849-1867. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 748839839 Civil ...

Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872

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Meade was a US Army officer, most noted for his route of Gen. Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg in July of 1863 during the U.S. Civil War. From the description of [Document and photograph] / Geo. M. Meade. [1863] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 287187126 ...