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

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GLC#
GLC03603.229-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
3 May 1863
Author/Creator
Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878
Title
to his family
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
4 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Writes that there is a "heavy force across the river and the firing has been incessant." Notes that his Regiment is split in two with one half out on a mission and Coit's half camped in the woods. He passes on descriptions of fighting near the river, saying that the Rebels were "in rifle pits as usual." Believes that the goal of the Rebels is to capture part of the railroad and "forage the whole country and prevent the planting."

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