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- GLC#
- GLC03603.170-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 5 December 1862
- Author/Creator
- Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878
- Title
- to his family
- Place Written
- Falmouth, Virginia
- Pagination
- 4 p. :
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Describes his thankfulness at being able to have shelter in the mansion during a snowstorm. Writes that he has filled out a Quarterly Return of Deceased Soldiers. There are reports that a soldier from the 21st Regiment froze to death in the night. Requests a pair of field glasses for Christmas. The letter is written on the back of a draft of a letter to General Thomas. Written from Lacey Mansion, in Falmouth, Virginia.
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