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Foster, Samuel D.

 Person

Biographical Note

Samuel D. Foster was a Union soldier during the American Civil War. He was captured and held as a prisoner of war at the Confederate prison in Danville, Virginia.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Samuel D. Foster Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-001
Abstract

Letter from Samuel D. Foster, a Union soldier during the American Civil War, written from Louisville, Kentucky on August 17, 1864, to the Wm. Johnston family, describing conditions at the Confederate prisoner-of-war camp in Danville, Virginia, from which Foster had been released.

Dates: 1864