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Wells, Edmund C. [Collection of Edmund C. Wells, 3rd regiment, Pennsylvania, heavy artillery] [Decimalized .01- .55]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08311 Author/Creator: Wells, Edmund C. Place Written: s.l. Type: Header Record Date: 1864 - 1865 Pagination: Order a Copy

Union soldier, PA Heavy Artillery, Archive of 48 letters, Jan, 1864 - June, 1865. Reports on prisoner taking, the battle of Cedar Creek, the action of "Moseby's men," fighting alongside "Zoaves", black troops,etc.

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