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Monday, August 17, 1863

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Jefferson Buford

56 years old today

James Henry Burton, detail

James Henry Burton

40 years old today

David Sterrett Gittings, detail

David Sterrett Gittings

66 years old today

Charlotte L. Forten Grimké, detail

Charlotte Forten Grimké

26 years old today

John Fletcher Hurst, detail

John Fletcher Hurst

29 years old today

Henry Hayes Lockwood, detail

Henry Hayes Lockwood

49 years old today

James Pede Marshall, detail

James Pede Marshall

30 years old today

Events

Legal/Political
Elihu Washburne serves in the United States House of Representatives 03/04/1853 to 03/06/1869
Legal/Political
Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate 03/04/1855 to 03/03/1873
Personal
Ozias Mather Hatch serves as Illinois Secretary of State 01/01/1857 to 01/31/1865
Legal/Political
Andrew Gregg Curtin serves as Governor of Pennslyvania 01/15/1861 to 01/15/1867
Personal
John W. Forney serves as secretary of the United States Senate 07/15/1861 to 06/04/1868

Documents

Letter
Abraham Lincoln to James Henry Hackett, August 17, 1863 08/17/1863

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