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Robins, Juliet G., fl. 1865 to: Drazilla Churchill.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03859.26 Author/Creator: Robins, Juliet G., fl. 1865 Place Written: David's Island, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 April 1865 Pagination: 2 p. : Order a Copy

Churchill wishes his mother to know that he is alive and that he arrived at the hospital at David's Island from Wilmington, where he spent a month in the hospital there. Previously, he was a prisoner in Florence, S.C., where he suffered frostbite and lost all his toes.

Churchill, Byron, 1846-1933

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