Welles, Edmund, fl. 1864 to Sarah Ogden

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GLC#
GLC06559.092-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
January 10, 1864
Author/Creator
Welles, Edmund, fl. 1864
Title
to Sarah Ogden
Place Written
Culpeper County, Virginia
Pagination
5 p. : envelope Height: 26 cm, Width: 21 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Writes from camp near Brandy Station. Says the lack of respect for the Sabbath shown by the men in camp angers him. Believes that the men serving in the Union Army will be able to say that they gave "life and limb in this cause of humanity." Says he has been transferred to the "Signal Corps-Army of the Potomac." Mentions that he received his cavalry uniform and arms and built a house in which he will live with two others. Notes people he met at the hospital and states that he and Sergeant Perkins were reminiscing about their stay in Ward B.

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