Letter, 1863 January 28, Camp Kearney, Carrollton, La to his sister.

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Letter, 1863 January 28, Camp Kearney, Carrollton, La to his sister.

Letter written by John C. Ames, a Union soldier in the 31st Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, in which he describes the lack of business activity in New Orleans and comments negatively on the news that Africian-Americans would be joining the division.

1 ALS ; 20 cm.

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