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Item Description

Title: George W. Quimby to Emeline B. Masta

Author

• Quimby, George W., 1835-1862

Recipient

• Masta, Emeline B.

Source Document

Description

Topics include the hardships of war, the unfairness between the men who are at home and those that are fighting, and the progress of George W. Quimby’s recuperation. Mentions a long march "on a certain Sunday" from Charles City C. H. (Court House) across the Chickahominy River.

Genre(s): correspondence

Subject/topic

• Homesickness
• Marching
• Morale

Subject/geographic

• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care

Language(s): English

Note [Digital Version]

2011-05-17, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Type of Resource: text

Parent Collections

• Vermonters in the Civil War
• George W. Quimby Correspondence

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