Mortimer, Caleb C.E., 1835-1862 to his wife

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GLC01898.08
GLC#
GLC01898.08-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
December 13, 1861
Author/Creator
Mortimer, Caleb C.E., 1835-1862
Title
to his wife
Place Written
Hall's Hill, Virginia
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 12.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Mentions being in General Fitz-John Porter's division. Read a piece in the Boston Herald about Porter's Battery being in a skirmish and Sargeant Barnes shooting a rebel but says it was all a lie. Describes meeting Abraham Lincoln at Captain Griffin's wedding in Washington. "... it was a big time I had the honor of being introduced to old Abe and several members of the cabinet..."

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