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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03603.090 Author/Creator: Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 March 1862 Pagination: 2 p. : Order a Copy

Describes boarding "the Sentinel" and rowing to Newbern [North Carolina] to eat dinner at a hotel. Gives the death toll of the last battle as two dead and four wounded.

Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878

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