Reuben Farnum Civil War letters. 1864-1865.

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Reuben Farnum Civil War letters. 1864-1865.

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Farnum's letters to his wife Roxanna during his Civil War service with the First Battery, Minnesota Light Artillery, in Mississippi, Georgia, North and South Carolina, describing military and camp life, maneuvers, and battles.

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