Mortimer, Caleb C.E., 1835-1862 to his wife

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GLC#
GLC01898.10-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
December 19, 1861
Author/Creator
Mortimer, Caleb C.E., 1835-1862
Title
to his wife
Place Written
Hall's Hill, Virginia
Pagination
4 p. : envelope Height: 21 cm, Width: 13.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Mentions doing drills with General Daniel Butterfield and General John Henry Martindale's brigades. The whole division under command of General Fitz-John Porter staged an imaginary battle. Stationary embossed "Farrar, Follett & Co. Metals, Boston." and "Stand by the Flag" with an image of an American flag.

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