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

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GLC#
GLC04662.013-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1862/8/25
Author/Creator
Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?
Title
to his mother
Place Written
Point Lookout, Maryland
Pagination
4 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

He is feeling better and expects to return to his unit in about a week. Since he does not know where they are, he will have to go to Washington to learn their location. A gang of men are putting up a large building, which Walbridge thinks may be a very large hospital. [The men may have been building the prisoner of war camp that would open on the island.] He claims it is a fine location in the summer but imagines the winter would be rather bleak.

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