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Collection Reference Number GLC03603.293
From Archive Folder Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry 
Title Charles Coit to his family, announcing that the 8th Regiment will be transferred to the 9th Corps
Date 18 June 1864
Author Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Writes that his personal conditions have improved and that he has been reunited with his luggage and his wall tent. The 8th Regiment, along with Burnside's other regiments will be transferred to the 9th Corps. Mentions the leadership implications of this transfer. He gives his opinions on General Smith. Comments that he sees the Army of the Potomac as an immense hoard where "individuals, regiments or brigades are as nothing." Tells a story in which General Smith dismissed a work team who were repairing a road because it was Sunday and there was to be no working.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Union Soldier's Letter  Soldier's Letter  Military Supplies  Army of the Potomac  Military Camp  Union General  Religion  Road Construction  Infrastructure  
People Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878)  
Place written Point of Rocks, Virginia
Theme The American Civil War; Religion
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: Theater of War Main Eastern Theater  
Civil War: Unit 8th Regiment, Connecticut, infantry  
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