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Miller, Michael Murray, fl. 1861-1864 to Lile Miller

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02155.018 Author/Creator: Miller, Michael Murray, fl. 1861-1864 Place Written: Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 November 1861 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 12.7 cm Order a Copy

Written at Camp Pierpont to his wife. Writes, "Dear Wife it makes me so angry when i think of the way we have been humbuged and treated since we have been in the service that some times i think if the Rebels were coming into Gettys... i would barely help to keep them out..." (ellipses were included by the author).

Miller, Michael M., fl. 1861-1864

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