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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07612 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Henry Cole to Ezekel Dubois re: slave turning in master to Union troops |
| Date | 7 January 1862 |
| Author | Cole, Henry (fl. 1862) |
| Recipient | Dubois, Ezekel |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | "We heer that the 59 regement has got a rebel prisner they fetcht him in Last night they told us that one of his own nigers came to the rigement and tod them that his master was a captin in the rebel army..." Also describes Washington D.C. and the surrounding area. Written by soldier in Co. E 86th NY Infantry. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Confederate States of America Prisoner of War Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Slavery African American History Washington, D.C. |
| People | Cole, Henry (fl. 1862) Dubois, Ezekel (fl. 1862) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition |
| 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 | 86th New York Infantry |