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<mods:title>Civil War correspondence of Samuel Lippincott Woodward</mods:title>
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<mods:dateCreated encoding='w3cdtf' keyDate='yes' point='start'>1864</mods:dateCreated>
<mods:dateCreated encoding='w3cdtf' keyDate='yes' point='end'>1866</mods:dateCreated>
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<mods:abstract>Eight letters written by Union soldier Samuel Lippincott Woodward while serving with the 6th Illinois Cavalry Regiment. The letters were written from Memphis, Tenn. (27 Nov 1864, 19 Dec 1864); Mobile Point, Alabama (26 Feb 1865); New Orleans, Louisiana (5 March 1865); Paducah, Kentucky (14 Sept 1865, 16 Nov 1865); and "On a plantation near Helena, Ark." (21 March 1866). The letters were all addressed to Helen M. Kirby, Institute for the Blind, Jacksonville, Illinois. The letters include descriptions of his living quarters and the city of New Orleans (including a celebration of the 4th of July), defends the actions and character of General Sherman, and Woodward notes his bachelor life especially in his last letter after discussing the marriage of a younger brother. Blank pages were not scanned. Samuel Lippincott Woodward, son of John and Elizabeth (Hornor) Woodward, born 28 October 1840 Burlington County, New Jersey; died 17 April 1924; unmarried; served in volunteer army from private to major 1 Feb 1862 to 29 Sept 1865, in regular army 2nd Lt 18 June 1867 to brig general, retiring from active service 9 July 1904.</mods:abstract>
<mods:note type='preferred citation'>Civil War correspondence of Samuel Lippincott Woodward, Mss C 5949, R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, online at DigitalCollections.AmericanAncestors.org.</mods:note>
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<mods:topic>Dwight, Helen McClure Kirby, 1845-1923--Correspondence</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891--Public opinion</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>United States. Army--Military life</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>United States. Army. Illinois Cavalry Regiment, 6th (1861-1865)</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>Plantations--Arkansas</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>New Orleans (La.)--Description and travel</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>New Orleans (La.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives</mods:topic>
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<mods:county>Orleans</mods:county>
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<mods:continent>North and Central America</mods:continent>
<mods:state>Louisiana</mods:state>
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<mods:country>United States</mods:country>
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<mods:county>Morgan</mods:county>
<mods:country>United States</mods:country>
<mods:continent>North and Central America</mods:continent>
<mods:state>Illinois</mods:state>
<mods:city>Jacksonville</mods:city>
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<mods:county>Shelby</mods:county>
<mods:country>United States</mods:country>
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<mods:country>United States</mods:country>
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<mods:coordinates>33,-87</mods:coordinates>
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<mods:geographic>Mobile Point (Ala.)</mods:geographic>
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<mods:county>McCracken</mods:county>
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<mods:geographic>Helena (Ark.)</mods:geographic>
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