Walbridge, Charles Eliphalet, 1841-1913 to Wilhelmina Caroline Louise Walbridge

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GLC04662.052
GLC#
GLC04662.052-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
December 25, 1863
Author/Creator
Walbridge, Charles Eliphalet, 1841-1913
Title
to Wilhelmina Caroline Louise Walbridge
Place Written
Folly Island, South Carolina
Pagination
4 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

The army celebrated Christmas with an artillery barrage on the city of Charleston. As a result a fire broke out in the city which burned for 11 hours. The rebels fired back, hit a gun boat and killed three people. He is applying for leave, but does not want to get his hopes up. His sawmill is running but needs a new boiler. He mentions the progress of the canal.

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