Civil War letter of Oliver H. Palmer, 1862 Dec. 16.

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Civil War letter of Oliver H. Palmer, 1862 Dec. 16.

Letter written by Oliver Palmer to his wife describing the massive casualties suffered by the Union Army at the Battle at Fredericksburg and his opinion of the competency of Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside.

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Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881

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Burnside was born in Liberty, Indiana and was the fourth of nine children of Edghill and Pamela (or Pamilia) Brown Burnside, a family of Scottish origin. His great-great-grandfather Robert Burnside (1725–1775) was born in Scotland and settled in the Province of South Carolina. His father was a native of South Carolina; he was a slave owner who freed his slaves when he relocated to Indiana. Ambrose attended Liberty Seminary as a young boy, but his education was interrupted when his mother died in...

United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 108th (1862-1865)

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Palmer, Oliver Hazard, 1812-1884

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Union officer; enlisted 1862 in Rochester, N.Y., as a colonel in the 108th New York Infantry; discharged, 1863; promoted to brevet brigadier-general, 1865. From the description of Civil War letter of Oliver H. Palmer, 1862 Dec. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70977428 ...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...