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- GLC#
- GLC01014.033-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 22, 1863
- Author/Creator
- Winegar, Daniel G., fl. 1862-1865
- Title
- to Elvira Winegar
- Place Written
- Lake Providence, Louisiana
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 14 cm, Width: 38.5 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
They are doing mostly mechanical work now and their big task is to move the boat from the river to the lake. They are fighting at Vicksburg now. The mortar boats are shelling them. He is sending his sis a handkerchief and some seeds.
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