D. H. Duryea letters, 1864-1865 [manuscript].

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D. H. Duryea letters, 1864-1865 [manuscript].

Letters, May 1864-April 1865, from Duryea, a soldier of the 1st Minnesota Regiment, serving with General William T. Sherman's army during the march through Georgia and the Carolinas, to his wife at home. The letters discuss troop movements, rations shortages, conditions in Decatur, Ala., and Savannah, Ga., and other matters.

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