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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03603.314 Author/Creator: Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 August 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

Writes from camp Bermuda that they have been busy moving camp and that the chaplain is ill. He also writes that Colonel Ward has recovered and has been offered a regiment.

Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878

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