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Box 2

 Container

Contains 22 Results:

Edward M. Hayhurst letters, 1865 April-May

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 21
Identifier: MSS 7928 Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains fifteen letters written by Edward Hayhurst to his father during April and May 1865. The letters were written while Edward was convalescing in Dennison General Hospital (Cincinnati, Ohio), waiting to return to his unit. On the April 9, however, General Lee surrendered, effectively ending the war; President Lincoln was assassinated five days later (letters on the 16th and 17th give Edward and his father's reactions to the event). Hayhurst was mustered out of the service from Dennison...
Dates: 1865 April-May
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7928, Edward M. Hayhurst correspondence and other material / Edward M. Hayhurst letters

Edward M. Hayhurst correspondence and other material

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7928
Abstract

Civil War correspondence of Edward M. Hayhurst to and from his family, including typescripts; as well as photographs, genealogical papers, and other family materials.

Dates: 1862-1938
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Edward M. Hayhurst correspondence and other material

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