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[Collection of Halleck Armstrong, field and staff, 50th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry]

Civil War date letters, including span during time of Lincoln's assassination

GLC06734

to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated March 19, 1865. Pertains to life while stationed in Virginia. Provides details of gunners and artillery men.

GLC06734.022

to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated March 21, 1865. Provides details while camped out in a ravine of brief battle skirmishes. Also notes of two women who rode past on horseback.

GLC06734.023

to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated March 22, 1865.

GLC06734.024

to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated March 23, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in City Point, Virginia in the military.

GLC06734.025

to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated March 24, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in City Point, Virginia in the military. Mentions the weather.

GLC06734.026

to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated March 24, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in City Point, Virginia in the military. Letter continues on March 26.

GLC06734.027

to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated March 26, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in City Point, Virginia in the military. Mentions that hospitals are currently full and that their tent is built upon the ruins of a town.

GLC06734.028

to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in Virignia in the military. Mentions the living quarters of enslaved people.

GLC06734.029

to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated March 28, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in Virginia in the military. Mentions his indifference to violence and danger at times.

GLC06734.030