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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC03603.248 |
From Archive Folder | Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry |
Title | Charles Coit to his family, writing that they have received of Grant's victories |
Date | 11 July 1863 |
Author | Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878) |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Writes that they have received word of Vicksburg, Mississippi and [General Ulysses] Grant's victories. The marching is very hard on the men and he writes that half of them, himself included, are marching barefoot because of wet boots and swollen feet. |
Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Union General Health and Medical Military Uniforms Clothing and Accessories Battle |
People | Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878) |
Place written | Yorktown, Virginia |
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: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |
Civil War: Unit | 8th Regiment, Connecticut, infantry |
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