02642cpcaa2200469 a 4500 mm 95006360 DLC 20260227111725.0 970505|||||||||||| eng mm 95006360 DLC DLC DLC dacs W lcmd Perrine, Cyrus Mills. Cyrus Mills Perrine correspondence, 1842-1869. 56 items. Open to research. Chiefly letters written by Perrine during his service with the 123rd Indiana Infantry Regiment to his parents, George H. Perrine and Rosetta L. Perrine, in Decatur County, Indiana. Includes letters to the couple from other Union soldiers including Rosetta Perrine's brothers, Chester Y.C. Alden, James C. Alden, and York Alden. Topics include camp life, troop movements, and battle engagements including the Vicksburg Campaign and operations in North Carolina in 1865. The letters refer to dissatisfaction among the soldiers on account of food shortages, sickness, low morale, and corruption among the officers and contain observations on the 1864 elections, Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration, his assassination, and the Confederate surrender at Appomattox, Virginia, in April 1865. Union soldier. Collection material in English. Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection. Alden, Chester Y. C. Correspondence. Alden, James C. Correspondence. Alden, York Correspondence. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Assassination. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Inauguration, 1865. Perrine, George H. Correspondence. Perrine, Rosetta L. Correspondence. United States. Army Military life. United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 123rd (1863-1865) Appomattox Campaign, 1865. Presidents United States Election 1864. Decatur County (Ind.) History. Indiana History Civil War, 1861-1865. Mississippi History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. North Carolina History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. Vicksburg (Miss.) History Civil War, 1861-1865. Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865. Soldiers. itoamc 44326 44326