Morey, Charles C., fl. 1830-1865 to parents

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GLC#
GLC03523.18.19-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
24 July 1864
Author/Creator
Morey, Charles C., fl. 1830-1865
Title
to parents
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 25.3 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Describes traveling from City Point, Virginia to Fort Stevens, and mentions an event involving President Lincoln. Discusses his promotion to 1st Lieutenant of Company 'C.' "…[we] marched through the city to Fort Stevens in front of which we found the rebels in force but our brigade was not engaged with them, the 3d Brigade came up the next day and had quite a little fight, President Lincoln and wife and several other distinguished persons were out to see the fight. A surgeon standing beside Mr. Lincoln and conversing with him was wounded in the leg but this did not drive him away…"

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