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From: "Jane L Splawn" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Lincoln's Bodyguard?
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:48:15 -0400
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OOPS!

I left off the "t" in the first line--not here but there!

Jane
----- Original Message -----
From: Jane L Splawn <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [APG] Lincoln's Bodyguard?


> Ray:
>
> Don't know if this will help....but here be help found in the book, "Guide
> to Genealogical Research in the National Archives of the United States."
At
> one point in time on the NARA site the complete "Guide to Federal Research
> in the National Archives of the United States" was shown. When my computer
> crashed I lost the bookmark I had for it. I have tried unsuccessfully to
> find it again but my time is limited today to search for it. I will try
> later and get back to you. If still there, it is a wonderful guide for
> researching Record Groups at NARA. One other place to look, in "A
> Comprehensive Catalog of Microfilm Resources for Research," there is a
> listing for Provost Marshall General, M621, M1163 (51.1) and quite a
number
> of listings under "Presidents, U.S." Maybe some of the above will help. I
> find the first and last books to be a great help to me and have them in my
> personal library. The middle book can be purchased but it is quite
expensive
> (about $100.00) and is in three volumes.
>
> Jane
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ray Beere Johnson II <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 7:39 PM
> Subject: [APG] Lincoln's Bodyguard?
>
>
> > Hi;
> > In locating a death notice for a client, I
> > obtained an obituary for a man who fought during
> > the Civil War, apparently from Ohio, and who died
> > in my own home town of Franklin, Mass. in 1917.
> > His obit. states that he had been a member of
> > President Lincoln's bodyguard during the Civil
> > War.
> > I have never run into this particular
> > subject before, and was hoping someone on the
> > list would know what record group the names of
> > men assigned to Lincoln's bodyguard would fall
> > under. Or any other likely places to look for
> > information and details on this. (I had always
> > heard / assumed that the Pinkerton Agency
> > provided security during the Civil War for the
> > President, etc. but have had too many 'facts' I
> > have heard / assumed to be true turn out to be
> > false, or partial truths, to want to rely on that
> > for a client.)
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ray
> >
> >
> > =====
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> > Franklin, Massachusetts 02038
> >
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