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Eighteen letters written by Abishai Stowell to his sister Margaret Stowell Torrence, Gambles, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania. The letters were written while he served in the Civil War. Stowell was a private in the Second Kansas Infantry, Company E, he enlisted May 14, 1861 and was mustered out October 31, 1861; re-enlisted in the Second Kansas Cavalry, Company A, November 6, 1861 and was promoted to corporal April 15, 1862; re-enlisted in the Second Kansas Cavalry, Co. A, January 5, 1864 and promoted to sergeant March 25, 1864; and re-enlisted in the Second Kansas Cavalry veterans of Co. A and was assigned to Co. B, January 5, 1864 and mustered out June 22, 1865 at Ft. Gibson.
Creator: Stowell, Abishai
Date: February 1, 1862 - April 22, 1865
Item Number: 223841
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 223841
Collections - Manuscript
Date - 1861-1869
Military - Service - Army - Cavalry
Military - Wars - Civil War - Kansas Units - US Volunteers - 2nd Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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