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Dederer, Nicholas A. (fl. 1862-1863) to Peter B. Rathbone

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04703.07 Author/Creator: Dederer, Nicholas A. (fl. 1862-1863) Place Written: Brashear City, Louisiana Type: Letter Date: 29 April 1863 Pagination: 3 p. Order a Copy

His leg and ankle are swollen. The regiments receives orders to be ready to march at a moments notice with a blanket, change of clothes and a few days rations. Held together by two contemporary postage stamps.

Dederer, N. A., fl. 1862-1863
Rathbone, Peter B., fl. 1862-1863

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