Dodge, Nelson E., fl. 1862-1864 to Esther Ann Kinney

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GLC#
GLC02162.04-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
23 September 1862
Author/Creator
Dodge, Nelson E., fl. 1862-1864
Title
to Esther Ann Kinney
Place Written
Williamsport, Maryland
Pagination
4 p. : envelope Height: 23.8 cm, Width: 18.2 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

re: Dodge asks Kinney to "send me a shirt by mail" made of blue flannel. He also describes the two battles in which he fought: the Seven Days Battles [June 25-July 1, 1862] and the Second Battle of Bull run [August 1862]. The fight at Malvern Hill on the seventh day of the Seven Days Battles [July 1, 1862] clearly affected Dodge. He writes, "the field was all covered with dead…that night the wounded cride for help, but we could not help them."

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