TY  - GEN
AU  - DeMerit,John P.
TI  - John P. DeMerit correspondence,
KW  - Lincoln, Abraham,
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 29th (1862-1865)
KW  - Fashion
KW  - Alabama
KW  - Mobile
KW  - Presbyterian Church
KW  - History
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Confederate States of America
KW  - Mobile (Ala.)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Peace
KW  - Wisconsin
KW  - Army officers
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research
N2  - 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
ER  -