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Item Description

Title: Merrill F. Samson to A. Hayward

Author

• Samson, Merrill F.

Recipient

• Hayward, A.

Source Document

Description

Topics include the death of Wilder; and his friend Merrill sending condolences to Wilder's mother. Wilder may have died during the Battle of Malvern Hill, which concluded the Seven Days Campaign; or in any number of skirmishes that occurred in early July.

Genre(s): correspondence

Subject/topic

• Battle casualties
• Families of military personnel
• Grief

Subject/geographic

• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Casualties

Language(s): English

Note [Digital Version]

2010-11-10, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Type of Resource: text

Parent Collections

• Vermonters in the Civil War
• Henry Harrison Wilder Correspondence

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