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John Oglesby sits on a horse at Camp Lincoln in Springfield. On verso: "1st Lieut. of Cavalry; A-D-C to Governor of Illinois and 2nd Brigade I.N.G. August 1897. 'Dick' owned by W. Leach- Elkhart"

John Oglesby sits in front of a tent at Camp George H. Thomas in Georgia while serving as a Captain with the 1st Illinois Volunteer Cavalry. On verso: "John D. G. Oglesby; Captain 1st Ill. Vol. Cav; Comdg. 3rd Squadron, Camp Geo. H. Thomas, Georgia.…

Civil engineering student John Augustus Ockerson of Skane, Sweden, poses for a portrait. Ockerson graduated from the Illinois Industrial University in 1873.

John G. Nicolay writes to Dewitt Miller of the Union League Club of Philadelphia regarding the 1860 campaign pamplhet, "Life of Abraham Lincoln," by Scripps for the Chicago Press and Tribune Company. Nicolay encloses his calling card.