Jackson, Edwin (fl. 1862-1865) to William Jackson
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00203.10 Author/Creator: Jackson, Edwin (fl. 1862-1865) Place Written: Kingston, Minnesota Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 March 1864 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope ; 24.8 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy
re: He thinks and hopes that the troops will be sent to the South in place of the Minnesota 1st. He implores Bill to get everyone he knows to vote for Lincoln, as he is "stubborn" and the only candidate who can end the war. He waxes poetic on the "God[d]ess of Liberty" looking down upon the country, and tells Bill to visit their friends at home. This folder contains an envelope with two pictures printed on it: the first portrays two Indians with a flag reading "For the Union"; the second consists of one farmer plowing and another riding a horse with "Letoile du Nord" ["The Star of the North"] above them and "Minnesota" below.
Edwin Jackson, a farmer from Minnetonka, Minnesota, served as a private in Company D of the 6th Minnesota Volunteers for three years, from August 1862 to August 1865. His regiment first fought the Dakota Indians in the Dakota-U.S. Conflict of 1862; they then continued fighting Indians in Minnesota, the Dakota Territory, and along the Missouri River. The last fourteen months of his enlistment are spent in various camps in Arkansas, Missouri, and Alabama.
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