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Hartman, Friedrich, fl. 1863 to Sarah Ogden

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06559.116 Author/Creator: Hartman, Friedrich, fl. 1863 Place Written: Ixonia, Wisconsin Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 October 1863 Pagination: 3 p. ; 26 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Apologizes for not writing sooner. Says the family received William's body and the bullet from his wound. Describes William's funeral, and asks Ogden for copies of her photograph, for the family and for William's fiancée.

Ogden, Sarah Morris Perot, 1831-1912
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Civil War
Military History
Union Forces
Women's History
Soldier's Letter
Union Soldier's Letter
Hospital
Death
Injury or Wound
Children and Family
Marriage
Photography
The American Civil War

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