Ford, Charles, fl. 1863-1865 to Sarah Ogden

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GLC#
GLC06559.034-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
8 November 1865
Author/Creator
Ford, Charles, fl. 1863-1865
Title
to Sarah Ogden
Place Written
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Pagination
3 p. : Height: 19.9 cm, Width: 12.9 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Notes his company has changed its name to Company D, 16th Regiment. Says he is presently on duty in Chambersburg, where he is being quartered in comfortable barracks. Notes eighteen Rebels were brought in, but are going to be sent to Fort Delaware. Some of the men were thought to be spies, and were sent to jail. Requests that Ogden send him a couple of undershirts, in the care of the bearer of this letter, as his were stolen from his knapsack. Written on "Head Quarters Provost Marshal..." stationery.

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