Letters, Aug. 22, 1862-Dec. 1, 1864.

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Letters, Aug. 22, 1862-Dec. 1, 1864.

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Letters, mostly to Phebe, with a few to his brother and sister also in Mass. sent from Arlington Heights, Alexandria, Old Camp Stafford, Fredricksburg and Bristow Station. The last few are from a hospital after he has been wounded. Writes of troop movements and daily activities in camp, battle descriptions, the men who have been wounded or killed, news of the war and family and friends back home. Describes the officers, with several references to Colonel Sigel and Colonel Maggi. Talks of the many Germans in the regiment and what good soldiers they are. After listing several who were recently killed and writing of the deprivations endured, he angrily writes of "the miserable cowards" at home who will not help to end the war by joining in.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Sigel, Franz, 1824-1902

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Sigel was born in Sinsheim, Baden (Germany), and attended the gymnasium in Bruchsal. He graduated from Karlsruhe Military Academy in 1843, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Baden Army. He met the revolutionaries Friedrich Hecker and Gustav von Struve and became associated with the revolutionary movement. He was wounded in a duel in 1847. The same year, he retired from the army to begin law school studies in Heidelberg. After organizing a revolutionary free corps in Mannheim and later i...

Perry family.

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Perry, Josiah W.

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Soldier in the 33rd Massachusetts Infantry, Company M, from Sharon, Mass. where his wife Phebe remains. From the description of Letters, Aug. 22, 1862-Dec. 1, 1864. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53791410 ...