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- GLC#
- GLC03603.282-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 15 May 1864
- Author/Creator
- Spafford, Forest, fl. 1864
- Title
- to the family of Charles Morgan Coit
- Place Written
- Petersburg, Virginia
- Pagination
- 2 p. :
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Forrest Spafford writes to the Coit family to assure them of Charles' safety. He writes that the regiment occupies the area around Fort Darling and tells the family about the skills of the regimental sharp shooters. Charles Coit requested that Spafford write a letter to his family when he returned to camp to ease their minds.
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