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Shifflet, Hillary, 1823-1863 Collection of Hillary Shifflet, C company, 1st regiment, Ohio, volunteers [Decimalized .01-.15]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02174 Author/Creator: Shifflet, Hillary, 1823-1863 Place Written: Various Places Type: Header Record Date: 1861-1863 Pagination: 15 letters Order a Copy

Shifflet served as Private in the Ohio 1st Vols., Company C. The collection includes one letter from his father to Shifflet. By the end of the correspondence, he complains of war weariness, especially of Lincoln's interference with slavery.

Shifflet, Hillary, 1823-1863
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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