Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-? to his mother

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GLC#
GLC04662.007-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1862/6/14
Author/Creator
Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?
Title
to his mother
Place Written
Bottoms Bridge, Virginia
Pagination
4 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

His regiment is resting for the first time since they left Camp Scott. A band of "guerrillas" [Stuart's cavalry] attacked the railroad at Tunstall's station. Discusses his duties as a quartermaster. He now wears a private's uniform with shoulder straps and warns his mother that he looks "a little rough." He encloses a letter for Louise [GLC 4663, # 4].

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