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  <titleInfo>
    <title>John P. DeMerit correspondence, 1865</title>
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    <namePart>DeMerit, John P.</namePart>
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  <abstract>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.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Union army officer.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
  <note>Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.</note>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Lincoln, Abraham</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1809-1865</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Assassination</topic>
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    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Army.</namePart>
      <namePart>Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 29th (1862-1865)</namePart>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Fashion</topic>
    <geographic>Alabama</geographic>
    <geographic>Mobile</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Presbyterian Church</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Alabama</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Confederate States of America</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Mobile (Ala.)</geographic>
    <topic>Social life and customs</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
    <topic>Peace</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Wisconsin</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
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    <occupation>Army officers</occupation>
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  <accessCondition type="restrictionOnAccess">Open to research.</accessCondition>
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