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- GLC#
- GLC02172.16-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- September 8, 1861
- Author/Creator
- Porter, Charles B., fl. 1861-1863
- Title
- to Brother Henry
- Place Written
- Arlington, Virginia
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 17 cm, Width: 21.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
There has been fighting among the pickets.Three of their men were wounded and one died yesterday. There are a lot of peach and apple trees where he is.Troops are continually coming in. 70,000 crossed into Virginia Thursday night. Written in Camp Arlington
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