Rowena Ostrander McMicken letter to her husband Captain William McMicken, regarding the situation at the end of the war, April 27, 1865
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- Created Date
- 1865
- Description
This letter, from Rowena Ostrander McMicken to her husband, Captain William McMicken of the 10th Minnesota Infantry Volunteers, relates news about the war and life at home in Lake Mills, Wisconsin. She expresses her wish that he was home, and fills him in on news regarding the assassination of Lincoln and the death of John Wilkes Booth. She talks about the remaining Confederate resistance, and rumors about Jefferson Davis's whereabouts. She concludes with talk of life at home, and the growth of Wisconsin flora, and adds some brief comment on her uncertainty about what is taking place in Mobile, Alabama, where William is stationed.
- Creator
McMicken, Rowena Ostrander
- Partner
- University of Washington
- Contributing Institution
- University of Washington
- Collection
- civilwar
- Location
- United States
- Type
- text
- Format
- TextLetter (correspondence)1 leaf (folded)20.5 x 25 cm.Scanned from original text or image at 200 dpi saved in TIFF format, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2006
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- Chicago citation style
- McMicken, Rowena Ostrander. Rowena Ostrander McMicken letter to her husband Captain William McMicken, regarding the situation at the end of the war, April 27, 1865. 1865. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/civilwar/id/834. (Accessed January 30, 2023.)
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- McMicken, Rowena Ostrander, (1865) Rowena Ostrander McMicken letter to her husband Captain William McMicken, regarding the situation at the end of the war, April 27, 1865. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/civilwar/id/834
- MLA citation style
- McMicken, Rowena Ostrander. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/civilwar/id/834>.