Papers, 1861-1865.

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Papers, 1861-1865.

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Family correspondence of the Gaylord family, including accounts of local political controversies; letters of army life and descriptions of camps in Virginia and Maryland from John D. Gaylord, a member of the 21st Connecticut Volunteers; a letter from John's brother[?] while in a hospital at Hampton, [Va.]; a letter of instructions from Juliette Gaylord, a member of the New England Women's Auxiliary Association of the U.S. Sanitary Commission; and letters from William Gaylord, including one written while visiting his brother James in the 1st Connecticut Cavalry camped on the Rapidan River, Va.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6966415

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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