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Collection Reference Number GLC03603.096
From Archive Folder Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry 
Title Charles Coit to his family, responding the concerns expressed by his mother regarding his health
Date 18 April 1862
Author Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Responds to his mother's concerns expressed in a previous letter. She had written that "Rev. Mr. Hall" had reported to her that Coit was looking very thin through the face. Coit responds by saying he has never seen or met Hall and that his mother should take such reports with a grain of salt. Reports on smaller skirmishes with the rebels around Fort Macon and believes General Burnside will soon command them to take the fort. Also writes of the bad supply of food.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Infantry  Union Soldier's Letter  Soldier's Letter  Women's History  Children and Family  Fortification  Union General  Confederate States of America  Diet and Nutrition  Military Provisions  Health and Medical  
People Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878)  
Place written Morehead City, North Carolina
Theme The American Civil War; Children & Family; Health & Medicine; Women in American History
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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