(CIVIL WAR INDIANA) Crist Robert H Letter with an unusual l

Sale 2344 - Lot 87

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(CIVIL WAR--INDIANA.) Crist, Robert H. Letter with an unusual list of regimental officers' political and religious affiliations. Autograph Letter Signed as private in the 21st Indiana Infantry (later a captain) to "father and friends." 3 manuscript pages plus full-page printed letter sheet on one folded sheet; minor foxing. Camp Murray, Fort Potter, Baltimore, 3 November 1861

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Printed on the final page is an officer list from the 21st Indiana unlike any we have seen. It not only lists each officer's home county and occupation, but also their political and religious affiliation. The regiment consisted mostly of Republicans and Douglas Democrats, with a few American Party members and Breckinridge Democrats to keep things lively. Not all officers listed their religion, but those who did included a Presbyterian, Universalist, and three Methodists.