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Elmore, Bruce, fl. 1862-1865 [Collection of Bruce Elmore, C company, 143rd regiment, New York, infantry] [decimalized]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06588 Author/Creator: Elmore, Bruce, fl. 1862-1865 Place Written: Various Places Type: Header Record Date: August 1862- July 1865 Pagination: 339 items Order a Copy

Over 200 letters from Sergeant Elmore to his wife, with an additional 60 from his wife. Highlights include pursuit of Lee's army after Gettysburg, the siege of Atlanta, Sherman's march to the sea, and other campaigns. Also includes several loose pages of an informal diary kept by Elmore during the March to the Sea, which he mailed home to his wife upon reaching Savannah. Elmore was discharged in July 1865.

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