Letter : Camp Morewood, New Orleans, to Sam, 1862 Jul 8.

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Letter : Camp Morewood, New Orleans, to Sam, 1862 Jul 8.

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Autograph letter, signed, from Private Timothy Z. Smith to "Sam", likely a friend from Smith's hometown. The letter relays general news of Smith's welfare and thoughts on his life as a soldier since volunteering for service five months earlier. Smith also provides a description of the 31st Regiment's station in New Orleans, and brief assessments of the newly appointed military governor of Louisiana, George F. Shepley, and of commanding general Major General Benjamin Franklin Butler.

1 item (2 p.) ; 26 cm.

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Shepley, George Foster, 1819-1878

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Smith, Timothy H.

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