Damuth, Dolphus, fl. 1839-1913 to unknown

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GLC#
GLC03523.14.71-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
8 October 1864
Author/Creator
Damuth, Dolphus, fl. 1839-1913
Title
to unknown
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 17 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Writes about an election held by the 21st Iowa Regiment. The votes are overwhelmingly in favor of Lincoln, and they are "for fun, or to show the Peace Sneaks, and Copperheads how men of sense vote." The 47th Indiana Regiment has also held a mock election with Lincoln as the winner. Damuth is convinced that if the war does not end with complete defeat of the South, "no soldier could go north and hold up his head."

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