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Unknown [Casualties of Battle of Chancellorsville May 2 & 3, 1863]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01655 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Virginia Type: Manuscript Date: 7 May 1863 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; 31.5 x 40 cm. Order a Copy

Field report listing soldiers killed, wounded, and missing from the First Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers Infantry in the Civil War Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia. Contains the name, rank, and company of each soldier. Lists nine men as being killed on either 2 or 3 May 1863, 44 wounded with remarks on the injury sustained, and 42 identified as missing. Created at camp near Falmouth, Virginia.

The Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, took place 2 to 4 May 1863.

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