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Item Description

Title: Justus E. Gale to Sister

Author

• Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863

Recipient

• Gale,Samantha A., 1832-1892

Source Document

Description

Topics include the movement of the regiment to Brashear City, of city purchases by Justus Gale of barrels of apples which he resold by the piece, of buying tobacco, postage stamps, writing supplies, local terms for cash money, of commanding officers of 3rd Louisiana colored regiment and the dry weather.

Genre(s): correspondence

Subject/topic

• African American soldiers
• Armed Forces -- Officers
• Military camps -- Louisiana
• Food

Subject/name

• United StatesArmy.Vermont Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865)

Subject/geographic

• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans

Language(s): English

Note [Digital Version]

2012-01-09, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Type of Resource: text

Parent Collections

• Vermonters in the Civil War
• Justus F. Gale Correspondence

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