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Collection Reference Number GLC03603.329
From Archive Folder Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry 
Title Charles Coit to his mother, writing about his hospitalisation
Date 29 October 1864
Author Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description He writes that he has been wounded in the shoulder and is in the hospital. The bullet is still lodged in his side. He requests his mother's presence and says the wound prevents him from writing.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Union Soldier's Letter  Soldier's Letter  Children and Family  Injury or Wound  Battle  Hospital  Women's History  
People Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878)  
Place written Hampton, Virginia
Theme The American Civil War; Women in American History; Children & Family; 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: Recipient Relationship Mother  
Civil War: Theater of War Main Eastern Theater  
Civil War: Unit 8th Regiment, Connecticut, infantry  
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