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Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-? to mother

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04662.110 Author/Creator: Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-? Place Written: Columbia, South Carolina Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1865/10/8 Pagination: 4 p. : Order a Copy

He is on his way to Augusta, Georgia to sell his stock. He thinks Columbia must have been a beautiful city before Sherman marched through. "There are a few fire places left yet, which serve to show what the city was, but most of the buildings are now only a heap of ruins or blank, half fallen walls."

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

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