Our Collection

At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 85,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World through the end of the twentieth century.

Jackson, Edwin, fl. 1862-1865 to William Jackson

Order a pdf of this item here.

Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00203.07.02 Author/Creator: Jackson, Edwin, fl. 1862-1865 Place Written: Camp O'Connor, Minnesota Type: Autograph letter signed Date: August 31, 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 13.8 cm, Width: 5.4 cm Order a Copy

The extra scrap, dated the next day, contains a post script mentioning that he received a letter from Harry and "they are all well." A separate post script from GLC00203.07.01.

Jackson, Edwin, fl. 1862-1865
Jackson, William, fl. 1861-1865
Little Crow, -1863

Citation Guidelines for Online Resources