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Porter, Charles B., fl. 1861-1863 to Brother Henry

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02172.31 Author/Creator: Porter, Charles B., fl. 1861-1863 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: December 1, 1861 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 13.7 cm, Width: 21.4 cm Order a Copy

The regiment is camped in support of a battery about half a mile from Frederich. Their pickets are on one side and the Rebels are on the other. He writes that if his brother had told him before he enlisted taht he could endure such hardship he would not have believed it.

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