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Item Description

Title: [Henry Harrison Wilder] to Mother

Author

• Wilder, Henry Harrison

Source Document

Description

Henry writes from his camp at Chain Bridge of his journey made by the 5th Regiment of Vermont Volunteers from Springfield to Washington D.C. and on to Marellian Hill and then to Chain Bridge. Speaks of soldiers being shot almost everyday by the Rebels and of orders to march to Fairfax Court, requests postage stamps.

Genre(s): correspondence

Subject/topic

• Battle casualties
• Marching
• Military camps -- Washington (D.C.)

Subject/name

• United StatesArmy.Vermont Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1865)

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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