Henry Harrison Wilder to Mother

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Fairfax CountyCamp GriffinVirginiaFeb th13Mother

I have just ben and got my picture taken & am agoing to send it to you it looks rather cross but then it looks some as I do when we are caled out to drill than he ben am other Merrion Victory at Ronoke iland thre thou and prisoners taken it is numored that this Army on the Potomac is going to Kentucky the sick have all gon to Washington I think of nothing more so good by

H H Wilder

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Title: Henry Harrison Wilder to Mother
Author: Wilder, Henry Harrison.
Date Created: 1862-02-13
Description: Topics include Wilder getting his army picture taken, his plan to send it to his mother, and a victory at Roanoke Island, No. Carolina (Feb. 8), in which over 2,000 prisoners were taken.
Subject: Battle casualties.
Photographers.
Prisoners of war.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
Genre: correspondence
Type: text
Language: English
Extent: 1 page
Language of Cataloging: English
Source Document Location: Special Collections, University of Vermont
Date Captured: 2010-11-10T15:53:34.7Z
Digital Format: image/tiff
Note [Digital Version]: 2010-11-10, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Access Conditions: No known copyright restrictions.
Identifier (local): cwuvmwilder18
Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War
Henry Harrison Wilder Correspondence
mods_created_date_year_ms: 18620213

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