DeMerit, John P. <br/><br/>
John P. DeMerit correspondence, 1865. 

 - 1  item. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Union army officer. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/>Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm2010085542 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Assassination.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Army.  Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 29th (1862-1865) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Fashion--Alabama--Mobile.<br/>Presbyterian Church.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Alabama--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.<br/>Confederate States of America--History.<br/>Mobile (Ala.)--Social life and customs.<br/>United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.<br/>United States--History--Peace.--Civil War, 1861-1865<br/>Wisconsin--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Army officers.