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- GLC#
- GLC05508.004-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 12 April 1862
- Author/Creator
- Gordon, George Washington, 1836-1911
- Title
- to his daughter
- Place Written
- Camp Chase, Ohio
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 20.8 cm, Width: 12.7 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Written in pencil as P.O.W. at prison no. 3, Camp Chase, Ohio. Gordon writes about conditions living as a P.O.W and the liberty he enjoys through Christ. He mentions sickness in the camp, both deceased and surviving members of his company, and some of his neighbors.
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