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- GLC#
- GLC09355.015-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 14 August 1863
- Author/Creator
- Clapp, George, fl. 1839-1892
- Title
- to parents
- Place Written
- Brooklyn, New York
- Pagination
- 4 p. : envelope Height: 20 cm, Width: 11.9 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Received his valise with all of his things in it. "Very glad" to see Joe. Did not send a letter back with him. Had a "pretty rough time" with dysentery and diarrhea from the time we left Baltimore… but now I am first rate." "Did not look well" before, but looks better now. Does not want a new cap. Thinks they will be at this camp a long time. Wishes his father had sent him more money. Asks for $12-15 more. Written at Fort Hamilton
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