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Fairchild, Lewis D. (b. 1829) to Sephronia Fairchild

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.06.14 Author/Creator: Fairchild, Lewis D. (b. 1829) Place Written: Arlington, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 August 1865 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope ; 24.0 x 24.5 cm. Order a Copy

Fairchild writes to his wife Sephronia from Fort Corcoran in Arlington, Virginia. Reports he is ill with fever and dizziness and has little appetite. Says he will be home by 1 October 1865. Comments that his regiment is the last to muster out and they don't know yet where it will occur. He hopes for Albany. The letterhead reads "United States Sanitary Commission."

Fairchild enlisted on 4 January 1864 at Exeter, New York as a private. He was mustered into "L" Co. New York 2nd Heavy Artillery.

Fairchild, Lewis D., 1829-?
Fairchild, Sephronia, fl. 1864-1865

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