Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-? to mother

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GLC04662.077-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1864/9/4
Author/Creator
Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?
Title
to mother
Place Written
Bermuda Hundred, Virginia
Pagination
4 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

They have received word of the capture of Atlanta. His train and depot were inspected and Col. Howard said, "he never before saw a depot in as good order..." Grant's army has taken possession of the Weldon railroad. He is trying to find a substitute for his brother George. Walbridge had hoped to send a colored man up to Buffalo to take George's place, but General Butler forbid any black man from leaving the department. He hopes a friend of his can find a white substitute.

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