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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00919.10 Author/Creator: Beach, Elias William, 1841-1921 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: October 7, 1862 Pagination: 4 p. Order a Copy

Provides descriptions of Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and discusses army life. Written from "Camp Lesley, Near the Navy Yard," in Washington, D.C.

Beach, Elias William, 1841-1921

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