ALS to [Judge] J. R. Lewis re his invitation to attend a Washington D.C. political event in support President Lincoln. Sept 20, 1863, 7.5x10". "Our soldiers in the field will look with great anxiety at the endorsement which their friends give at the ballot box, when I and confident Iowa will heartily respond favorably to their cause. /// Hoping that you will cast a united vote for the Union ticket and thereby convince the rebels that we of Iowa stand firmly in favor of our cause and country." Samuel Ryan Curtis [1805-1866] was the most successful union general west of the Mississippi, rememb... View More...
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