Letters, 1854, 1862.

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White family. Letters, 1854, 1862.

Letters, 1854, 1862.

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Two letters dated July 21, 1854, and ca. Feb. 16, 1862. The 1854 letter was written by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis to Samuel White in Rushford, N.Y. concerning two Revolutionary War pension claims. The 1862 letter was written by Nat Jewell, a Union soldier stationed at Camp California (Alexandria, Va.) to Mrs. Sam White, a friend from Rushford, N.Y. He discusses a celebration in camp at hearing the news about the fall of Fort Donelson, and mentions the following regiments: the New Hampshire 8th and the New York 27th, 61st, and 81st. In addition he notes a visit to Fairfax Seminary, which was being used as a Union hospital; rebel spies; illness; and mutual acquaintances stationed nearby.

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