Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878 to his family

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GLC03603.014
GLC#
GLC03603.014-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
October 21, 1861
Author/Creator
Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878
Title
to his family
Place Written
Jamaica, New York
Pagination
3 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Describes the Dress Parade and writes that he believes his performance to have gone very well. The townspeople are very kind to the soldiers and have given them bread and apples. The field staff, including Coit, are staying in an empty house which the townspeople believe to be haunted. Also describes the "splendid" greenhouse bouquet that he received when leaving Hartford and carried to Long Island, where it sits on the mantle in the dining room of the "haunted" house. Reports that he will soon have a servant. Written from Camp Buckingham.

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