- GLC#
- GLC04662.052-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 25, 1863
- Author/Creator
- Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?
- Title
- to mother
- Place Written
- Folly Island, South Carolina
- Pagination
- 4 p. :
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
The army celebrated Christmas with an artillery barrage on the city of Charleston. As a result a fire broke out in the city which burned for 11 hours. The rebels fired back, hit a gun boat and killed three people. He is applying for leave, but does not want to get his hopes up. His sawmill is running but needs a new boiler. He mentions the progress of the canal.
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