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Collection Reference Number GLC03603.244
From Archive Folder Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry 
Title Charles Coit to his family, in which he writes of arriving at Yorktown
Date 22 June 1863
Author Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Writes of marching and arriving at Yorktown. Mentions that this was the site that General "McC's" troops were camped a year ago and describes an incident in which a black Rebel sharpshooter hid out in a tree and picked off the Union men until he, himself was shot. Says that the men will embark the next day for West Point where, it is rumored, [General Joseph] Hooker's and [General Robert E.] Lee's army's are fighting.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Union Soldier's Letter  Soldier's Letter  Union General  Injury or Wound  Death  Confederate States of America  African American History  African American Troops  Confederate General or Leader  Battle  
People Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878)  
Place written Yorktown, Virginia
Theme The American Civil War; 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: Theater of War Main Eastern Theater  
Civil War: Unit 8th Regiment, Connecticut, infantry  
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