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

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GLC#
GLC03603.309-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
11 August 1864
Author/Creator
Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878
Title
to his family
Place Written
Petersburg, Virginia
Pagination
6 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Writes that Captain Goodrich has returned to the regiment after recuperating at Annapolis. Comments tha he testified to the good character of Colonel Ward under oath during a hearing by the military commission. Says he put everything in a favorable light. Mentions an order by the War Department that refuses to muster out officers who have served less than three years in their present rank. Says that he feels as if others think of him as a mainstay in the Regiment and also that he is unsure of what he would like to do once he is mustered out.

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