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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03603.255 Author/Creator: Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878 Place Written: Portsmouth, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 March 1864 Pagination: 2 p. : Order a Copy

Writes of missing being able to stop in on his family in the evenings and how he will write letters again now that he is away. Notes that he is now with the 8th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry.

Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878

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