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Box 2

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Contains 45 Results:

Writer: Col. Charles W. Drew Writer's location: Port HudsonWriter's Military Unit: Union, 4th Infantry Corps d'AfriqueAddressee: Col. Charles Dwight, 3/10/1864

 unspecified — Box: 2, Folder: 29
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Hanky Panky in the Corps d'AfriqueNumber of pages: 6 1/4 and envelope.

Dates: 3/10/1864
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: Pvt. Benjamin M. Florence Writer's location: UnknownWriter's Military Unit: Confederate, 17th Virginia InfantryAddressee: Miss Ellen, 3/18/1864

 unspecified — Box: 2, Folder: 30
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Love letter home.Number of pages: 2

Dates: 3/18/1864
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: A.A. Winn Writer's location: Madison Station, VAWriter's Military Unit: Confederate, UnknownAddressee: Father, 3/25/1864

 unspecified — Box: 2, Folder: 31
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Fighting sham battle-Plus second brief undated letter.Number of pages: 6

Dates: 3/25/1864
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: Capt. Charles R. Taylor Writer's location: Grove Church, VAWriter's Military Unit: Union, 2nd Pennsylvania CavalryAddressee: Col. Taylor, 5/2/1864

 unspecified — Box: 2, Folder: 32
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Pertaining to woman coming into lines with information on CSA troops in the area.Number of pages: 1

Dates: 5/2/1864
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: Peleg Bradford Writer's location: Fort Sumner, MDWriter's Military Unit: Union, 1st Maine ArtillaryAddressee: Dearest Friend, 5/12/1864

 unspecified — Box: 2, Folder: 33
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Love letter to "Cynth" McPherson (See also Love Letters 3/27/63, 5/7/63, 3/18/64, 7/2/64, 7/27/64, 10/26/64, 10/27/64).Number of pages: 2 and envelope.

Dates: 5/12/1864
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: Pvt. John M. Lovejoy Writer's location: Near Spotsylvania Court House, VAWriter's Military Unit: Union, 121st New York InfantryAddressee: Mother, 5/17/1864

 unspecified — Box: 2, Folder: 34
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Battle of Spotsylvania - " a ball came so near to my head that I was knocked down by the concussion of air"Number of pages: 4

Dates: 5/17/1864
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: Pvt. Henry Webb Writer's location: Point Lookout Prison, MDWriter's Military Unit: Confederate, 50th Virginia InfantryAddressee: Mrs. Smiley, 5/26/1864, 6/10/1864

 unspecified — Box: 2, Folder: 35
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Two remarkable letters written to the mother of a soldier Webb killed at the Battle of the Wilderness - Written on pages taken from a book.Number of pages: 2

Dates: 5/26/1864; 6/10/1864
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: Lewis Hanback Writer's location: Camp on Good Hope BattlefieldWriter's Military Unit: Union, 27th Illinois InfantryAddressee: Darling Hettie, 6/1/1864

 unspecified — Box: 2, Folder: 36
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Confederate soldier jumps into Yankee rifle pits - "How are you Yanks?"Number of pages: 3 and envelope.

Dates: 6/1/1864
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: Major Thomas Norris Writer's location: In the field near Dallas, GAWriter's Military Unit: Union, 111th Ohio VolunteersAddressee: Mother (Rebecca Norris), 6/6/1864

 unspecified — Box: 2, Folder: 37
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Recounts the horrors of war and the tragic death of his brother (James Norris).Number of pages: 4 and envelope.

Dates: 6/6/1864
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

Writer: Capt. Frederick B. Doten Writer's location: Hdqtrs Third BrigadeWriter's Military Unit: Union, 14th Connecticut InfantryAddressee: Darling Georgie, 7/2/1864

 unspecified — Box: 2, Folder: 38
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First two pages love letters to Georgie Welles. Picket firing ceases by mutual consent so that both sides can cook their cakes and coffee. Number of pages: 4 and envelope.

Dates: 7/2/1864
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4696, Gail and Stephen Rudin Civil War collection / Series I. Letters from various authors

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