Letters and photographs of Union soldier George Williams [manuscript], 1863-1865.

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Letters and photographs of Union soldier George Williams [manuscript], 1863-1865.

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Williams discusses personal, family, and war news from camps in Winchester, Va., Petersburg, Va., and Martinsburg, W. Va. He describes an accidental death in camp, parole of men captured at Winchester, Confederate deserters, battle of Second Winchester and death of a comrade, destitute people of Martinsburg, union sympathies of Martinsburg residents, winter quarters at Petersburg, camp activities and a review by General Grant and Secretary of War Stanton, capture at the battle of High Bridge, April 6, 1865, and return to Union lines after Appomattox. Williams also mentions several famous personalities of the war and a variety of second hand war news and rumors.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Union soldier and musician in Co. B., 123rd Ohio Regiment. From the description of Letters and photographs of Union soldier George Williams [manuscript], 1863-1865. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647832635 From the description of Letter of Union soldier George Williams to his sister Lillias [manuscript], 1863 November 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647994903 ...

United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 123rd.

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