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Rare Aiken Letter for sale

Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal Democrat attorney encouraged John C. Fremont to challenge Lincoln in 1864 election A rare 1864 letter by Frederick Aiken, the attorney who later represented Mary Surratt in her Lincoln Assassination conspiracy trial, is up … Continue reading

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Extraordinary Letter: William A. Louks, 56th Ohio Infantry Regiment

Originally posted on Soldier Studies - a great website to find 1860s letters from soldiers. Colonel Peter Kinney organized the 56th Ohio Infantry Regiment at Camp Morrow, Portsmouth, Ohio, where it was mustered in on December 12, 1861. During Grant’s Vicksburg campaign … Continue reading

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