Unknown [Letters about the Battle of Chancellorsville]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00653.04 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: [various places] Type: Header Record Date: 8 May 1863-10 May 1863 Pagination: 2 letters Order a Copy
Collection of two soldier's letters about the Battle of Chancellorsville. The first, written by an unknown soldier to his wife and children, is dated 8 May 1863 and written near Falmouth, Virginia. The second is an autograph letter signed from a soldier named Simeon to his mother. It is dated 10 May 1863 and was written from Court House, Virginia. Each letter is four pages long.
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