to: sister.

GLC07164.10

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GLC#
GLC07164.10-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1861/08/11
Title
to: sister.
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
Folio, 3.5 pages with envelope.
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Describes how the regiment was marched through Washington, and realizes the harshness of being part of a non-commissioned unit. Talks of the fight at Manassas (First Battle of Bull Run) in which 11000 union soldiers lost their lives. As letter was probably written for Theodore, the quote "write soon to Theodore" makes sense.

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