Civil War Letters [microform]. 1862-1864.

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Civil War Letters [microform]. 1862-1864.

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Fairfield served as clerk to General Veatch with the 25th Indiana Regiment during the Civil War. Letters were to his wife from Corinth, Miss., Memphis, Tenn., Decatur, Ala. and Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia.

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Indiana Historical Society Library

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