Joseph H. Young papers, 1864-1865 [manuscript].

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Joseph H. Young papers, 1864-1865 [manuscript].

Civil War letters of Young of Mifflin County, Pa., a federal soldier with the 184th Pennsylvania Regiment, to and from his wife, Ann Eliza Young, while he was with the army near Richmond and Petersburg, Va., and while he was hospitalized; and some papers concerning Young's military service and application for pensions. Letters exchange news of friends in the service, contain requests for items from home, discuss possibility of leaves, and note the desertion of Confederate soldiers to the North. Letters during Young's hospitalization discuss his health, treatment, and the possibility of discharge.

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