Potter, Lal H., fl. 1861 to My Dear Sister

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GLC07205.022
GLC#
GLC07205.022-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
12 June 1861
Author/Creator
Potter, Lal H., fl. 1861
Title
to My Dear Sister
Place Written
Hampton, Virginia
Pagination
3.5 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 26 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

He writes that he was remarkably fortunate to have gotten the position he did with his regiment. He goes on to desribe the battle of Bull Run. The real horrors of war were realized. They lost 5 men and 15 were wounded. Written at Fort Monroe

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