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Henry, Josiah E., 1840-? to Angeline Henry

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.07.20 Author/Creator: Henry, Josiah E., 1840-? Place Written: Brattleboro, Vermont Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 October 1863 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope Height: 18.3 cm, Width: 23.5 cm Order a Copy

Henry writes to his sister from the U.S. General Hospital in Brattleboro. Complains the War Department has issued an order canceling all furloughs and he will not be coming home. Reports that his regiment has gone back to the front and is eight miles beyond Culpeper, Virginia with 23 days of rations.

Henry, Josiah E., 1840-?
Henry, Angeline, 1843-?

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