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541. WILLIAM HENRY REDMAN PAPERS

880 items, 1860-1900
Civil War letters of a Union soldier from Illinois. Included are comments on blacks, such as a May 8, 1864, letter telling of burning and sacking plantations in Louisiana and how many slaves followed the Union troops. A November 5, 1865, letter expresses Redman's violent opposition to suffrage for blacks.
(Acc. 7415; -a)