John P. DeMerit correspondence, 1865.
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 1 itemSubject(s): - Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination
- United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 29th (1862-1865)
- Fashion -- Alabama -- Mobile
- Presbyterian Church
- Alabama -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Confederate States of America -- History
- Mobile (Ala.) -- Social life and customs
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Peace
- Wisconsin -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Army officers
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ALS (1865 May 6; Mobile, Ala.) from DeMerit, while serving with the 29th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, to his sister concerning the surrender of the Confederacy and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. DeMerit describes his visits to a Presbyterian Sunday School and worship service, compares Northern and Southern women, and describes the current fashions in Mobile, Ala.
Union army officer.
Collection material in English.
Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.
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