Letters, 1866-1884.

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Letters, 1866-1884.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702127304

The letters describe military life in the West, his attitude toward Gen. Custer, the cholera epidemic in Kansas, his poor health, his withdrawal from the service due to a misunderstanding with Gen. Getty, his subsequent jobs in Muscatine, Iowa 1870-1874, and his probable departure as indicated by his resignation as assistant superintendant of the Congregational Sunday School in 1884.

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