Letter from Judge Thaddeus Banks to his wife
- Title
- Letter from Judge Thaddeus Banks to his wife
- Description
- A letter from Judge Thaddeus Banks of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, to his wife (1864). It tells of what he went through to get his only son, Cecil, discharged from the army, including an appeal to President Lincoln. There is no information regarding his regiment or why his father wanted Cecil discharged.
- Date
- March 03, 1864
- Original Format
- letters
- Extent
- 25cm x 19cm
- Local Identifier
- 0025-b1-fa
- Creator(s)
- Subject(s)
- Families of military personnel--United States
- Military discharge--United States
- Soldiers--United States
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
- Spatial
- Location of Original
- East Carolina Manuscript Collection
- Rights
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Letter from Judge Thaddeus Banks to his wife
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Military History
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Military History: Civil War
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- Location of Original
- Edward Merritt McEachern Jr. Collection from the East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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