Horace Averill Crane letter

Full Title

Horace Averill Crane letter

Description

Letter from Horace Averill Crane to his brother-in-law, Thomas Jackson Charlton regarding President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and the state of the nation.

Dr. Thomas J. Charlton, II (1833-1886) graduated from the Savannah Medical College in 1856. In 1857, he was appointed as a surgeon in the United States Navy. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Charlton resigned his commission and joined the Confederate States Navy, serving aboard the commerce raider Florida.

Source

Thomas J. Charlton Family Papers, MS 132

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Tags

• man

• navy: Confederate

• first reaction

• untranscribed: handwritten

Cite this Item

Horace Averill Crane. "Horace Averill Crane letter". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/257

Item Type

Letter

Creator

Horace Averill Crane

Date

April 15, 1865

Region

Confederate states