Letters to his mother and wife [manuscript], 1853-1862.

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Letters to his mother and wife [manuscript], 1853-1862.

Letters by Joseph Tally range from 1861-1862 and discuss the Civil War from a camp near Yorktown, particularly bad weather, lack of food and supplies and a measles outbreak.

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University of Virginia. Library

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