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John C. Dinsmore to Jane Dinsmore, John C. Dinsmore Papers (Part 1 of 2)

This is a letter of Captain John C. Dinsmore to his wife, Jane Dinsmore, of Pike County, Illinois, dated circa September 1862. Dinsmore served in the U.S. Army, Captain of Company E, 99th Illinois Infantry Regiment. He resigned his commission in 1864. In the letter Dinsmore relates how a friend reacted to the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation and how, in spite of his own views on racial equality, he supported the proclamation as a war measure. (For a full pdf of this letter please see 1118458.)
Artist
John C. Dinsmore
Date of Work
ca. September 1862
Type
Document
Credit
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum
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