Van Nuys, John H., fl. 1861-1862 to Samuel Watson Van Nuys

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GLC#
GLC07687.117-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
8 January 1862
Author/Creator
Van Nuys, John H., fl. 1861-1862
Title
to Samuel Watson Van Nuys
Place Written
Cincinnati, Ohio
Pagination
3 p. : envelope Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 12.4 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Details of journey home, including finding two acquaintances in a hospital near Grafton. Souls and the movements of Gen. Banks, although he expresses some doubt about the truth of the latter. Relates an incident near Cincinnati in which a soldier slipped and was killed while boarding a train.

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