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1Author:  Forbes, Henry Clinton, 1833-1903.Add to Favorites
 Title:  Henry Clinton Forbes collection 1862-1955 (bulk 1892-1902) ead 
 Date(s):  1862-1955 
 Abstract:  Henry Clinton Forbes, 1833-1903, was a poet, teacher, farmer and colonel in the 7th Illinois Cavalry, U.S. Volunteers, 1862-1865. Four volumes in one, 557 pages, of holographic poems by Henry C. Forbes. Written in ink, they are noted as being in final revised form. In the prologue to Volume 1, and in the dedication to Volume 4, he explains his motivations for writing poetry. Appended typescript copies by his son, Robert Forbes, include letters, biographical material, and his father's account of Grierson's Calvary Raid in Vicksburg, 1863. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Grierson's Cavalry Raid, 1863 -- Personal narratives. | Lyric poetry. | Pastoral poetry, American. 
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