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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03603.174 Author/Creator: Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878 Place Written: Falmouth, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 December 1862 Pagination: 2 p. : Order a Copy

Writes that the Lacey Mansion is being used as a hospital and that the officers are staying in a two-room outhouse. Estimates that the battle has cost the Union side 10,000 and does not see any other result of the four days of battle.

Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878

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