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Colley, William L. (William Lewis) (45th Regiment, Virgina Infanry/1st Virginia Cavalry)

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William L. Colley Letter

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Identifier: Ms-2018-007
Abstract

Letter from William Lewis Colley to sister, written from a hospital around Winchester, VA, September 3d, 1861. In the letter Colley describes how he accidentally shot off his little finger on his left hand while on picket duty on Millwood Pike near the Opequon River four miles from Winchester.

Dates: 1861; 1861