Miller, Michael Murray, fl. 1861-1864 to Lile Miller

GLC02155.025

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GLC#
GLC02155.025-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
December 25, 1861
Author/Creator
Miller, Michael Murray, fl. 1861-1864
Title
to Lile Miller
Place Written
Virginia
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 18.4 cm, Width: 11.8 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Written at Camp Pierpont to his wife. Complains that his wife does not write to him enough. Notes that the doctor gave his company a dose of medicine after they stood picket in the rain. Discusses the Christmas holiday in camp: a dress parade took place, the brass band played, and the soldiers had only bread and coffee to eat.

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