Miscellaneous Civil War correspondence, 1861-1865.

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Miscellaneous Civil War correspondence, 1861-1865.

Miscellaneous Civil War correspondence, 1861-1865.

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Original letters written during the Civil War with typescript copies prepared by Kevin J. Gallagher in 1979. Abraham Golden writes from Illinois about the shooting proficiency of Illinois men compared to Dutchess County men, 1861. David Valentine writes of military drills, lack of letters from home, and being in the guard house, 1862. Valentine Jones writes from Baltimore about Confederate prisoners, the consumption of whiskey, Union soldiers being often in the guard house, and the excellent shooting of Company B, 150th Regiment, 1862. G.F. Shepley writes of the good character of Lt. J. Livingston dePeyster, 1865. There is also an unidentified letter about the Union attack on Fort Hudson near Donaldsonville, La., 1863; and a report by Walter N. Hart on the activities of the 18th New York Cavalry in Louisiana, including a mistaken battle between two Union companies, 1864.

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