Folder 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter, 1865
File — Folder: 1
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
This collection consists of a single letter written by "Cousin Charley" and addressed to "Cousin Mary." Dated May 7, 1865, the letter was written from the camp of the 109th New York Infantry near Georgetown, D. C. The unidentified soldier writes of having recently rejoined his regiment, the battlefied losses of Company A, the prospects of mustering out, and of the public's perception of soldiers: "I suppose some of the people up there are very sorry to think the war is so near over &...
Dates:
1865