Joseph M. Allen letters, 1862-1863.

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Joseph M. Allen letters, 1862-1863.

Photocopies of letters to his family in Ohio from a Civil War soldier in the First Minnesota Battery of Light Artillery (1862-1863). They describe the battery and its movements and activities, especially in the Battle of Corinth, Mississippi (Oct. 9, 1862), where he was wounded. Other letters describe his subsequent illness and death from dysentery.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6727142

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Christie, Thomas Davidson, 1843-1921.

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Allen, Joseph M., 1840-1863.

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United States. Army. Minnesota Light Artillery Battery, 1st (1861-1865)

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