Smith, David V.M., 1823-1863 to Elizabeth Smith & children

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GLC#
GLC04189.17-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1862/11/25
Author/Creator
Smith, David V.M., 1823-1863
Title
to Elizabeth Smith & children
Place Written
Ellicott's Mills, Maryland
Pagination
4 p. : envelope.
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

The army is building a General Hospital in town and his regiment has been assigned to guard it. He again asks his wife not to mention the "Rum question," claiming it makes him "feel a little dry until I forget it again." Continues on 11/26 to mention twenty-five hour period of guard duty in the rain.

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