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- GLC#
- GLC03523.45.007-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- September 13, 1861
- Author/Creator
- Simonds, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1919
- Title
- to Jane Simonds
- Place Written
- Camp Advance, Virginia
- Pagination
- 4 p. : envelope ;
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
One letter by Frederick W. Simonds, to his sister, Jane, dated September 13, 1861. Discusses his time at Camp Advance, commenting that the area is nice when it doesn't rain but is far more unpleasant when it does. He specifically laments the lack of tents at this new camp, fearing the risk of disease from sleeping out in the rain.
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