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- GLC#
- GLC03523.50.14-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- April 13, 1862
- Author/Creator
- Bigalow, Marlin M., fl. 1862
- Title
- to Hannah E. Russell
- Place Written
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 25.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Written by a nurse who cared for E. S. Russell at the Hospital. Informs Mrs. Russell that her husband, E. S. Russell, is very sick. Writes, "his case is almost a hopeless one...he cant live but a very few houres [sic] i wish you could be here and see him in his last hours his panes has bin very severe since he came here form the barracks." Mentions that Mr. Russell sends his love to her and the children and that he wants them to live and grow in grace and meet him in heaven. Request that someone come after him and his things as soon as possible.
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