George E. Waller letters, 1858-1864 [manuscript].

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George E. Waller letters, 1858-1864 [manuscript].

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Two letters, 1858 and 1859, from Sam and White Waller, respectively, to their sister Maria, regarding life at the University of Virginia, and three letters, 1860, from George Waller to his parents in Henry County, Va., about his medical studies in Richmond. The remaining letters, 1861-1864, discuss the routines of camp life, battles, family news, and George Waller's observations as an assistant surgeon in the 24th Virginia Regiment, and, after July 1864, as a hospital steward with Pickett's Field Infirmary, Chester, Va. Letters from Sam and White Waller, who was with George during the early part of the war, are also present.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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