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- GLC#
- GLC04558.112-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 24 August 1863
- Author/Creator
- Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918
- Title
- To his wife
- Place Written
- Long Island, South Carolina
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 12.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Expects to receive order the next day; writes that he has a good view of operations and artillery; says Fort Sumter "is sometimes completely enveloped in a cloud of brick dust[,] smoke, and spray, from our balls and shells." Describes other operations; health of regiment.
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