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Fox, Oscar C., 1830-1892 [Civil War memoirs of Captain Oscar Fox of the 76th New York Volunteers]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08480 Author/Creator: Fox, Oscar C., 1830-1892 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 1862 Pagination: 28 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Incomplete manuscript of Fox's memoirs. Chronicles his time in the Union Army from when he joined "Balcom's 'six-foot company" in Binghamton, New York in September 1861until the Battle of Cedar Mountain in August 1862. He was wounded later that month.

Fox, Oscar C., 1830-1892

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