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Creator/Title
Applegate, William Thomas, 1831-1904. Letter, 18 May 1865. 1 item.
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Mss. C A
Content
Letter written on May 18, 1865 by William Thomas Applegate from Camp Stoneman near Washington, D.C. A farmer from Bullitt County, Applegate enlisted in Company B of the 28th Kentucky Infantry in November 1861, was promoted to 1st Sergeant and then to 2d Lieutenant in April 1862, and resigned in November 1862 due to his broken leg and his wife's ill health. In this 1865 letter to his friend Dr. Charles Hunter Carothers of Washington, Missouri, Applegate writes about the end of "this cursed war," "the rebels," and the military trial for the eight individuals charged with conspiracy in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Applegate also asks Carothers about his crops and about their mutual friends Capt. Isaac Darnell Hon, Benjamin Fleshman, and "Mrs. Herrick and family." At the end of the letter, Applegate describes his visit to the Smithsonian Institute, the Patent Office, and the Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C.