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- GLC#
- GLC08914.028-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 10 June 1863
- Author/Creator
- Rifenburgh, Peter E., 1843-1863
- Title
- to Nelson Rifenburgh
- Place Written
- Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 20.1 cm, Width: 12.8 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
"We have had a pop at the rebels." Colonel was killed and eighty-five of his comrades were wounded. Did not take part in the fight, was left at the hospital to care for the sick. Eph[raim] Lasher and Patsey were wounded. Has "quite a lot of the wounded to see to." "Very hot" weather. Some of the men who were only signed up for nine months are leaving. Apologizes for the short letter. Written at Camp Parapet.
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