Collection of Joseph B. Gorsuch, Company I, 83rd regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry [Decimalized .01-.22]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00653.09 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Header Record Date: 1863-1864 Pagination: 18 letters, 1 map, 3 envelopes Order a Copy
Letter GLC00653.09.10 indicates that Gorsuch also served as Provost Marshal of the 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee from June 1864 until his death in 1865. Gorsuch's letters span from Vicksburg to the Red River Campaign. Most letters are written to Joseph Curtis, Gorsuch's uncle. Collection includes a sketched map of Vicksburg (.02), a pencil note citing an unknown person's fever from malaria (possibly Gorsuch's own illness) (.17), and Regimental resolutions following his death (.18).
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