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Letter, 1861

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Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection consists of a single letter written by William C. White of Company I, 69th Pennsylvania Infantry during the American Civil War. Written at Camp Monocacy on November 20, 1861, the letter is addressed to White's parents. "We are not much afraid of the rebel pickets but they are afraid of us," White writes. "[I]f they see one of us they dodge behind a tree if they did fire on us they would not do no harm as we have rifle pits all along the potomac." White writes that it is not...
Dates: 1861