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Collection Reference Number GLC03603.268
From Archive Folder Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry 
Title Charles Coit to his family, reporting that the execution has been postponed
Date 17 April 1864
Author Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Notes they marched to Getty's Station to attend the execution of a deserter but were told that it was to be postponed. Says that they received orders to march to Bowers Hill and then were transported to Suffolk by "cars." They came back to camp via Getty's Station. While on out on march, they set up camp on a night that is very cold. Since they have all been soaked during the daytime march, the men are very cold. The officers take shelter with a black Cavalry. "I would like to see a nigger with a skin so black that I would not sleep with him if he had a good blanket." He comments on the local flora.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Union Soldier's Letter  Soldier's Letter  Cavalry  Desertion  Death Penalty  Military Law  Railroad  Transportation  Military Camp  African American History  African American Troops  Geography and Natural History  
People Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878)  
Place written Deep Creek, Virginia
Theme The American Civil War; African Americans; Law
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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