United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 88th (1862-1865)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Edward W. Curtis letters
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Curtis
Abstract
Correspondence of Edward W. Curtis of Massachusetts, a private in the 88th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War. Also includes clippings relating to battles, the life of Federal soldiers, and hospital listings near Nashville, Tennessee.
Dates:
1855-1865; Majority of material found in 1863
Richard Realf Letters and Poems
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Realf
Abstract
Twenty-two letters of Richard Realf to Laura B. Merritt and her sister Marian Merritt Cramer of Chicago, written while in active service in the Illinois Eighty-eighth Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, 1864-1865. Also, two poems of Realf’s and a poem written by Marian Cramer.
Dates:
1864-1865