(CIVIL WAR) Letter to John E Boos regarding General Grant

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(CIVIL WAR.) Letter to John E. Boos regarding General Grant. 4 pages on 3 leaves, various sizes; small binding holes on left margin. Naches, WA, circa 1920s?

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In the early 20th century, John E. Boos of Albany, NY collected personal reminiscences of Lincoln and the Civil War. Some of these memories were published as "Abraham Lincoln: Farewell to Neighbors" in 1942. This particular letter is from Alfred C. Wallin of Washington, a veteran of the 31st Wisconsin Infantry. Wallin passes on a story illustrating Ulysses S. Grant's phenomenal memory for faces, in which he recognized a soldier in 1863 whom he had met briefly in civilian life in the late 1850s. Wallin also recalls Sherman's character. With partial typed transcript.