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Field name | Value |
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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 |
Transcript | Show/hide |