Correspondence, 1863-1903.

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Correspondence, 1863-1903.

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Photocopies of correspondence, 1902-1903, about the 76th Ohio Volunteer Regiment at the Battle of Vicksburg are directed to Capt. William J. Rigby, Chairman of the Vicksburg National Military Park, and to W.P. Gault, Secretary of the Ohio Vicksburg Park Commission. Letters from R.W. Burt, a lieutenant in the 76th O.V.I., Co. I, are accompanied by his 1863 letters to the editor of the North American (1855-1863), later called the Newark American Tribune newspaper in Newark, Ohio, and a song he wrote, titled "General Logan and the Fifteenth Army Corps." Also included in the collection are copies of family correspondence of Private Charles A. Willison, who served under Burt. An extract of a letter to W.P. Gault from 1st Lieutenant Samuel [Hupp] of Co. D describes the battle positions of the 76th Ohio, the 25th Iowa, and the rebel forces. Original documents are held by the Vicksburg National Military Park.

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