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Walbridge, Charles E. (b. 1842) to Louise Walbridge

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04663.28 Author/Creator: Walbridge, Charles E. (b. 1842) Place Written: Folly Island, South Carolina Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 December 1863 Pagination: 6 p. Order a Copy

Notes that he received a piece of wedding cake. Discusses the Sanitary Commission, the sinking of the "Weehawken," and an explosion in Fort Sumter, which was followed by Union mortar fire. Sarah sent him a book entitled, "The Wife's Strategy," which he finds "very lively, entertaining, home sort of book . . . ."

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

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