Letters, 1857-1878.

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Letters, 1857-1878.

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Letters of Stephen G. Emerson, a soldier in the 1st Massachusetts Infantry Regiment who was killed at the Battle of Chancellorsville. The letters describe camp life; the activities of Emerson's cousin Nathaniel P. Emerson, who joined his regiment, and of his brother John S. Emerson, a surgeon with the 9th New Hampshire Regiment; Emerson's participation in the Battle of Fredericksburg; and Abraham Lincoln's visit in April, 1863. Most letters are addressed to Emerson's mother, his father N.F. Emerson, his brother, and his sister Elizabeth E. Bell. Included are a few letters Emerson wrote from Harvard College before the war and a few from Warren H. Cudworth, chaplain of the 1st Regiment, after his death.

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Emerson, N. F.

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