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Wright, Sereno A., fl. 1862-1863 to Sister Rosetta

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02751.32 Author/Creator: Wright, Sereno A., fl. 1862-1863 Place Written: Bayou Boeuf Sea Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 May 1863 Pagination: 8 p. ; 21.3 x 16.5 cm. Order a Copy

He thanks her for the medicine she sent to ease his diarrhea. He comments on the expedition Gen. Banks has been leading from Berwich Bay as one of the most successful of the war. He describes the Rebel prisoners.

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