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Oakes, Cyrus, fl. 1862-1864 [Collection of Cyrus Oakes, C company, 84th regiment, Indiana, infantry] [Decimalized .001- .122]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03136 Author/Creator: Oakes, Cyrus, fl. 1862-1864 Place Written: Various Places Type: Header Record Date: 1862-1864 Pagination: 117 items Order a Copy

Collection includes 92 letters to and from Oakes written while he served in the 84th Regiment Indiana Volunteers as a sergeant and later lieutenant. 83 wartime letters. Also included are a variety of personal papers, patent related files, two daguerrotypes and a copy of Noah Webster's "Pocket Dictionary of the English Language" inscribed by Cyrus Oakes.

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