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Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878 to his family

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03603.082 Author/Creator: Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878 Place Written: Roanoke Island Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 March 1862 Pagination: 2 p. : Order a Copy

Provides more details about the battle in an effort to answer some of his family's questions. Writes that the regiment is preparing to leave Roanoke Island and that the Governor survived the passage by ship and the battle.

Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878

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