Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-? to his son

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GLC#
GLC04663.22-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
19 July 1863
Author/Creator
Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?
Title
to his son
Place Written
Folly Island, South Carolina
Pagination
4 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Describes the attack on Fort Wagner. A page dated 7/20, lists missing and wounded officers. "Shortly after dark our troops advanced to the assault. The 54th Mass. (colored regiment) in the lead... [T]his regiment which went into the charge with over nine hundred in the ranks, cannot muster five hundred, with all their field officers killed, besides many of their line killed & wounded."

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