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Waterhouse, Richard (1832-1876) to Rose Waterhouse

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03220 Author/Creator: Waterhouse, Richard (1832-1876) Place Written: Arkansas Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 November 1862 Pagination: 2 p. ; 27.2 x 20.9 cm. Order a Copy

To his wife, discussing military life. Says there is much sickness, notes his current position, comments that the people of Arkansas are not as loyal to the Confederacy as Texans, and describes the destruction committed by the Federal army along the Mississippi.

Richard Waterhouse was a Confederate Brigadier General.

Waterhouse, Richard, 1832-1876
Waterhouse, Rose, fl. 1862

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