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[Appointment of Thomas F. Burpee as major of the seventy-first regiment of volunteers]

Appointment of Thomas F. Burpee as major of the seventy-first regiment of volunteers. Signed by James Hammond Trumbell as Connecticut Secretary of State. Cosigned by William A. Buckingham as Governor of Connecticut. Includes Connecticut state seal...

GLC02744.397

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He talks about the change in leadership from McClellan to Burnside. He writes that McClellan is a genius but he failed to fight sometimes.

GLC02744.103

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He is unclear whether there will be any more fighting, but Burnside has pushed the rebels back. Fredricksburg has been badly damaged by artillery. Written in a camp near Falmouth.

GLC02744.109