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Morris, Wilmor W., fl. 1861-1862 to: George M. Morris.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06451.045 Author/Creator: Morris, Wilmor W., fl. 1861-1862 Place Written: [Forte Monroe, Virginia] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: March 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : [fragment] Order a Copy

The provost guard caught 40 men from New York and Pennsylvania regiments stealing and sent them "to the ripraps to work." It is "harder soldiering than we have had yet" now.

Morris, George M., fl. 1861

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