Correspondence, 1862.

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Correspondence, 1862.

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Photostat of a letter sent from Washington (D.C.) to "dear sister", dated Oct. 20, 1862, and the typescript. Letter describes his life as a soldier, winter quarters, conditions near battlefields, and stories about blacks. Mentions Martha Hazerd at home, Dwight James, the sister's sweetheart, and a man named Tower in the Maryland (Infantry?), 7th Regiment.

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Clarke Historical Library

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Hitchcock, E. E.

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Notes added to the transcript state that Hitchcock, a Union soldier, was killed near the Potomac River. Dwight James survived to marry Hitchcock's sister. Neither man is listed in the Michigan Soldiers and Sailors Index. From the description of Correspondence, 1862. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 40790010 ...

James, Dwight, 1947-

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