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Painter, Heber, 1841-1900 to sister Kate

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02016.059 Author/Creator: Painter, Heber, 1841-1900 Place Written: Bermuda Hundred, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 September 1864 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Has received orders to march at a moment's notice, but does not know where the men are marching to. The regiment is relieved by green troops, which consists of the 209th 211th, and 207th Pennsylvania. He hopes to be back to Bermuda Hundred after they've done what they have been sent to do. Includes a postscript reporting that the soldiers will cross the James River and "give you a good Union victory."

Painter, Heber, 1841-1900
Painter, Catherine, fl. 1844-1870

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