Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-? to mother

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GLC#
GLC04662.040-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1863/7/14
Author/Creator
Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?
Title
to mother
Place Written
Folly Island, South Carolina
Pagination
3 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Briefly describes the charge on Fort Wagner which he mistakenly says was led by the 7th Connecticut. The 100th Regiment dug trenches and erected a battery which captured a rebel battery. [Walbridge gives a correct and compelling description of the attack on Fort Wagner in GLC 4663.022.]

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