Correspondence, 1816-1903, 1861-1863 (bulk).

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Correspondence, 1816-1903, 1861-1863 (bulk).

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Primarily Civil War correspondence from Pettit to his family and friends describing daily life in the Union Army, as well as battles (including Bull Run, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg), troop movements, his experiences in the field hospital at Fredericksburg after he was wounded at Gettysburg, and political developments both at home and abroad. Letters are sent from camps in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Also included are a few letters, 1880-1882, on the stationery of the Thomas Asylum for Orphan and Destitute Indian Children in Versailles, New York, describing conditions there.

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