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Swisher, James S., fl. 1863 to Lydia A. Bishoff

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.40.26 Author/Creator: Swisher, James S., fl. 1863 Place Written: Rowlsburg, Preston County, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 May 1863 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 21.6 cm, Width: 25.7 cm Order a Copy

He would like to know how Bishoff and the "Old major" are getting along, and he would like to be informed when they get married. There are about 100 sick soldiers in the hospital. The Colonel has moved his headquarters to Rowlsburg and there are only about six hundred soldiers there now. He received a letter from Dan since the late Battle at Fredericksburg, who said that there was one killed in his company and four severely wounded. He asks Bishoff to give his love to "all inquiring friends especily the girls."

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