Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-? to his mother

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GLC#
GLC04662.003-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1862/3/12
Author/Creator
Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?
Title
to his mother
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
4 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

His journey to Washington. He describes a "society" in Philadelphia which met them at the train station and furnished them with a home made meal complete with crockery and white table cloths. Indicates that the regiment was well received at every place it traveled through except Baltimore where "we had nary a cheer and I thought everybody looked as if they were sorry to see us." He spends his first night in a "wall tent". [GLC 4663, # 1 contains an excellent description of the capitol building.]

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