Letters, 1865 March 1 - June 29, Fort Monroe, Va., to Alicia Chaplin.

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Letters, 1865 March 1 - June 29, Fort Monroe, Va., to Alicia Chaplin.

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Describes experiences as invalid in U.S. General Hospital (Hampton Hospital), Fort Monroe, Va. Compares work of U.S. Sanitary and Christian Commissions; refers to assassination of Lincoln; describes conditions of, and work with, freed slaves.

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Dartmouth College Library

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