- GLC#
- GLC00066.143-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- August 21, 1862
- Author/Creator
- Pearce, Frederic, fl. 1861-1868
- Title
- to Father
- Place Written
- Marietta, Ohio
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 12.7 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Frederic Pearce writes that he was exempted from the draft due to poor eyesight. He discusses church finances and describes ruins at Harper's Ferry. The letter is written on blue paper. Page 4 is cross-written.
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