Civil War letters of J.B. Clough, 1863, Jan. 31-1864, Feb. 4.

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Civil War letters of J.B. Clough, 1863, Jan. 31-1864, Feb. 4.

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Letters from J.B. Clough to his wife written between Jan. 31, 1863 and Feb. 34, 1864. The letters discuss operations of the Construction Corps in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania; Adna Anderson, Herman Haupt, and other staff of the Military Railroads and Construction Coprs; Aquia Creek, Potomac Creek, Fredericksburg, and Alexandria camps, battles and skirmishes, including Chancellorville, Gettysburg, and Bristoe Campaigns, Joseph Hooker, George G. Meade, and other commanding officers of the Army of the Potomac; political news, especially the Democratic Party, etc. Clough also mentions the visit of Lincoln, Halleck, and Stanton to Aquia Creek on Apr. 18, 1863.

62 pieces : also ephemera.

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