Terry, Robert B., fl. 1861-1865 to Sister
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.08.08 Author/Creator: Terry, Robert B., fl. 1861-1865 Place Written: West Chester, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 July 1861 Pagination: 2 p. : envelope Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
Relays that they are still at Camp Wayne, but will be leaving for Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to pick up rifles and then will go to Washington, D.C. Comments on how they are having "easy times." Reports that they had a "volunteer killed here by the accidental discharge of a Pistol in the hands of another. Who immediately have himself up, was tried by a court martial, and acquitted."
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