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Ford, Charles, fl. 1863-1865 to Sarah Ogden

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06559.034 Author/Creator: Ford, Charles, fl. 1863-1865 Place Written: Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 November 1865 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 19.9 cm, Width: 12.9 cm Order a Copy

Notes his company has changed its name to Company D, 16th Regiment. Says he is presently on duty in Chambersburg, where he is being quartered in comfortable barracks. Notes eighteen Rebels were brought in, but are going to be sent to Fort Delaware. Some of the men were thought to be spies, and were sent to jail. Requests that Ogden send him a couple of undershirts, in the care of the bearer of this letter, as his were stolen from his knapsack. Written on "Head Quarters Provost Marshal..." stationery.

Ogden, Sarah Morris Perot, 1831-1912

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