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Collection Reference Number GLC03603.125
From Archive Folder Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry 
Title Charles Coit to his brother, stating that more men from Norwich should enlist in the army
Date 18 July 1862
Author Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Writes about the ability to get day-old New York newspapers in Newport News and comments on the contents. Also mentions that he has in his company "two contrabands:" Napoleon and a 13-year-old who hid on the boat when they left Morehead. Pities the 13-year-old because of his lack of food source and shelter. Writes that more of the men from Norwich should take up arms and enlist in the army. Writes of the poor character of privates who have been under the watch of officers too long, and behave like "machines." Discusses their foolish behavior with money and with their rations, and describes army accounting procedure in reference to finances and food rations.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Infantry  Union Soldier's Letter  Soldier's Letter  Journalism  Contrabands  African American History  Slavery  Servant  Children and Family  Finance  Military Provisions  Recruitment  
People Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878)  
Place written Newport News, Virginia
Theme The American Civil War; Children & Family; African Americans
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Recipient Relationship Brother  
Civil War: Theater of War Main Eastern Theater  
Civil War: Unit 8th Regiment, Connecticut, infantry  
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