Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878 to his family

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GLC#
GLC03603.037-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
24 November 1861
Author/Creator
Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878
Title
to his family
Place Written
Annapolis, Maryland
Pagination
4 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Discusses the group of soldiers who are acting as a guard to the city. Describes how they mostly arrest drunken or rowdy soldiers and keep them for a few days before allowing them to return to camp. Relates an incident involving six rowdy cavalrymen challenging ten of the guard's men. Mentions that he must write to A. A. Perkins though he "can't quite settle who she is."

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