Michael H. Leary letters, 1861-1863.

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Michael H. Leary letters, 1861-1863.

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Michael H. Leary letters primarily relates the activities of the 9th Regiment including preparation to march, scouting expeditions, engagement with the Confederates, military reviews before General McClellan and President Abraham Lincoln, and picket duty. Majority of letters penned from Miner's Hill, Virginia, others from Washington, D.C. Other significant subject of Leary's letters focus on his relationsip with Ellen (Nellie) Desmond; desiring for the war to end so he might return to her. The final letters are penned from a hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Boston College. John J. Burns Library

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