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Bogart, Abram (fl. 1825-1865) to Mary M. Bogart

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.11.06 Author/Creator: Bogart, Abram (fl. 1825-1865) Place Written: Fairfax, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 March 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : envelope ; 20 x 12.5 cm. Order a Copy

Reports to his wife from Fairfax Seminary Hospital, Virginia. Tells her that there will be no more furloughs given for a while, but that he will come home when the war is over. Asks her to write "all the news and some of the olds for I have got behind one month..." Letter is addressed to Masonville in Delaware County, New York.

Abram Bogart enlisted on 15 August 1862 at Sidney, New York as a Private. He was mustered into "I" Co. NY 144th Infantry. He was transferred from "I" Co. into "K" Co. on 16 October 1862. He was mustered out on 25 June 1865 at Hilton Head, South Carolina.

Bogart, Abram, fl. 1825-1865
Bogart, Mary M., fl. 1826-1865

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