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

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GLC#
GLC03603.145-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
19 September 1862
Author/Creator
Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878
Title
to his family
Place Written
Sharpsburg, Maryland
Pagination
2 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Writes more about the outcome of the battle. The regiment has guarded a bridge most of the day while the rebel soldiers have possession of the battlefield. Some of the dead and wounded Union troops are still in the field but cannot be retrieved. Counts that there are 19 or 20 dead and wounded from the 8th Regiment. Lieutenant Wait's body was later recovered from the field. His watch and other possessions had been stolen.

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