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Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918 To his wife

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04558.111 Author/Creator: Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918 Place Written: Folly Island, South Carolina Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 August 1863 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 15.5 cm, Width: 10 cm Order a Copy

Describes orders to march, countermarch and counter-countermarch. Says half the regiment is sick although he is healthy and that the monitors have begun attacking Forts Sumter and Wagner.

Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918

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