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Collection Reference Number GLC03603.296
From Archive Folder Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry 
Title Charles Coit to his family, reporting the deaths of Captain Goodrich and Colonel Sergeant Glover
Date 3 July 1864
Author Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Writes that his regiment is "in the rear" to rest but that they are still working very hard. Notes that Captain Goodrich was shot while lying right next to him. Also writes that he has lost Colonel Sergeant Glover, one of the best men in his platoon.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Union Soldier's Letter  Soldier's Letter  Battle  Injury or Wound  Death  Battle of Petersburg  Confederate States of America  
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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