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Kessler, Thomas J., fl. 1843-1868 to his friends

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.52.03 Author/Creator: Kessler, Thomas J., fl. 1843-1868 Place Written: Chicago, Illinois Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 January 1863 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 25.5 cm Order a Copy

Writes to friends from Camp Douglas. Discusses a terrible storm and the cold weather. Comments he does not believe he has seen colder weather. Writes the soldiers are freezing and the prisoners are suffering, and many of them have died. Reports it is the coldest weather that the West has seen. The letter has a watermark on the top left hand corner.

Kessler, Thomas J., fl. 1843-1868

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