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- GLC#
- GLC06559.088-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 27, 1863
- Author/Creator
- Thompson, Joseph, fl. 1863-1864
- Title
- to Sarah Ogden
- Place Written
- Virginia
- Pagination
- 3 p. : envelope Height: 26 cm, Width: 21 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Writes from camp near Potomac Creek. Says he wishes he were back at the hospital. Describes an incident where he fell asleep outside and woke up "snowed under in the morning and almost froze to death." Says he has been reading the Bible every day as Miss [Uell] requested. Apologizes for the poor quality of the picture(s) he sent Ogden.
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