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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03696.03 Author/Creator: Smith, Asa Place Written: Camp Cameron, North Cambridge Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 August 1861 Pagination: 1 p. ; 19.8 x 12.6 cm. Order a Copy

to father [Ebeniser Smith] the possibility of his regiment moving from Camp Cameron either on that day or the next. He says they will probably move by land, not steamer, but is unsure where they were going.

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