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Contains 43 Results:

Writer: C.S. Graham Writer's location: HeyworthWriter's Military Unit: Union, UnknownAddressee: Brother, 8/18/1862

 unspecified — Box: 1, Folder: 33
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Town buys a flag for its soldiers going off to war.Number of pages: 1 1/2

Dates: 8/18/1862

Writer: Rebecca Wiswell Writer's location: Georgetown Seminary HospitalWriter's Military Unit: Union, NurseAddressee: Friend, 9/20/1862

 unspecified — Box: 1, Folder: 34
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Union nurse writes of a soldier's death after Antietam (See also Nurse 9/29/63).Number of pages: 4

Dates: 9/20/1862

Writer: Pvt. Edward J. Rinebold Writer's location: VAWriter's Military Unit: Union, 141st Pennsylvania VolunteersAddressee: Friend, 9/26/1862

 unspecified — Box: 1, Folder: 35
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Soldier shoots himself in foot to try to get a discharge.Number of pages: 4 and envelope. Illustrated.

Dates: 9/26/1862

Writer: Samuel F. Emerson Writer's location: Near Leesberg, VAWriter's Military Unit: Union, 3rd Maine InfantryAddressee: Father, 10/30/1862

 unspecified — Box: 1, Folder: 38
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"I have already fought on seven different battlefields and I have seen enough"Number of pages: 2

Dates: 10/30/1862