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Collection Reference Number GLC03603.279
From Archive Folder Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry 
Title Charles Coit to his family, reporting the destruction of the railroad following fighting
Date 11 May 1864
Author Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Writes that he is well and was engaged in fighting the last two days. Notes that the regiment's losses were small. Says that the railroad was destroyed and that the soldiers are working on restoring it. Mentions that he has heard nothing about Alfred Goddard's condition.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Union Soldier's Letter  Soldier's Letter  Battle  Confederate States of America  Railroad  Wartime Pillaging and Destruction  Death  Injury or Wound  
People Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878)  
Place written s.l.
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: Unit 8th Regiment, Connecticut, infantry  
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