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- GLC#
- GLC02715.039-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 17 December 1862
- Author/Creator
- Epperly, Christian M., 1837-1904
- Title
- to Mary Epperly
- Place Written
- Caroline County, Virginia
- Pagination
- 2 p. :
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Informs Mary that Joseph, her brother, was wounded in the arm, and the doctors had to amputate it. Says he nursed Joseph while he was in camp and wanted to accompany him to Richmond, Virginia but General [William Henry Fitzhugh] Lee would not allow it. Discusses other casualties from the battle of Fredricksburg.
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