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Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878 [General Order #75]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03603.236 Author/Creator: Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878 Place Written: Cincinnati, Ohio Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 May 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

Comments on [General Ambrose] Burnside's General Order thanking the 9th Regiment for their "behavior in their brilliant action before Suffolk, V.A." Writes that he and the others are happy to have been remembered by General Burnside and refers to him as a "grand old man".

Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878

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