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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC03603.246 |
From Archive Folder | Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry |
Title | Charles Coit to his family, reporting an unsuccessful raid on Fredericksburg and Richmond |
Date | 7 July 1863 |
Author | Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878) |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Reports an unsuccessful raid on Fredericksburg and Richmond, Virginia. The marching is very difficult due to the extreme heat and that several have died or been maimed by sunstroke. Though none of the men were wounded while they attempted to take the bridge, several were taken prisoner while straggling behind during marching. Mentions that General Getty commanded the expedition, General Harland commanded Coit's division and that Colonel Stedman commanded Coit's brigade. |
Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Extreme Weather Death Injury or Wound Health and Medical Confederate States of America Prisoner of War Union General |
People | Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878) |
Place written | White House, Virginia |
Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine |
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 |
Transcript | Show/hide |