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| Field name |
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| Collection Reference Number
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GLC03603.172
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| From Archive Folder
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Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry
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| Title
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Charles Coit to his family, writing that the regiment is in Fredericksburg following four days of battle
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| Date
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14 December 1862
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| Author
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Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878)
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| Document Type
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Correspondence
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| Content Description
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Writes that the regiment is in Fredericksburg after four days of battle. Reports that the losses to the regiment are 6-8 wounded and one killed. Expresses a feeling of responsibility for the man who was killed.
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| Subjects
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Civil War Military History Union Forces Infantry Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Battle Battle of Fredericksburg Injury or Wound Death Confederate States of America
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| People
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Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878)
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| Place written
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Fredericksburg, Virginia
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| Theme
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The American Civil War; Health & Medicine
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| Sub-collection
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Papers and Images of the American Civil War
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| Copyright
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The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
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| Module
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Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
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| Civil War: Theater of War
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Main Eastern Theater
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| Civil War: Unit
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8th Regiment, Connecticut, infantry
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| Transcript
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Show/hide Sunday, 4 P.M. Dec. 14 Dear All, The Chaplain thinks he will be able to get off a few letters to night or in the morning so I write a line to say I am yet preserved, thro' our main dangers in health & strength. We are lying in one of the streets of Fredericksburg waiting for what we know not. Our loss thus far, this is the fourth day, is not more than six or eight wounded & one killed. The one killed was a member of my present (the 4th) Co, he was one of the volunteers to build the pontoon bridge & stepped forward on the forlorn hope in answer to - my - call. These volunteers made three - unsuccessful attempts & the major of the Engineers then ordered them off. Our position at the Lacy House the first day & the night before was very exciting. One bridge was built almost exactly behind. Very little is doing to day. Skirmishing in front. We have rather been held in reserve thus far. May we continue so. I have thought much of you all knowing that the papers must be publishing the accounts of each day - that tho' the city is in our hands, yet the rebels are as yet hold all the heights back of the city & our attempts to dislodge them are thus far un- successful - & I know the response will be so terrible to you but I know also that you will be offering special prayers for me & I am strengthened by the thought. Every battle, makes us the more dread another. I do not know that I could endure it if I could not pray. Major ward's brother is said, - rumored - to be wounded & perhaps killed. He is in the 14th Connt. John Beckwith was taken with cramps this morning & was taken to the Hospt. So he is out of danger from bullets. Do not know how sick he is but do not think in danger. Love as ever. Chas [upside down bottom margin second page] Shall write when I can but rarely know of an opportunity to send. [top margin first page] - 5 P.M. and no movement. -
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