Civil War letters, 1862.

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Civil War letters, 1862.

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Two letters with one envelope from 1st Lieut. J.D. Carney to his father, Edwin Carney of Berkshire, Ohio while serving with the 17th U.S. Infantry during the Civil War. Letters refer to inadequate supplies and attribute defeat at Manassa to "lack of generalship," indicating that McLellan is "the best general we have."

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Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7439061

Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 17th

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Carney, Joseph D.

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Joseph D. Carney was born 1826 in Penn., appointed to the U.S. Army from Kansas, promoted to captain in 1863, died 1866, and is buried in Delaware Co., Ohio. From the description of Civil War letters, 1862. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 41608493 ...

Carney, Edwin

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