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- GLC#
- GLC02155.064-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 21 September 1862
- Author/Creator
- Miller, Michael Murray, fl. 1861-1864
- Title
- to Lile Miller
- Place Written
- Sharpsburg, Maryland
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 19.1 cm, Width: 12 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Miller writes to his wife four days after the Battle of Antietam (also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg). Writes, "I suppose the folks that was here to see the Battle field had [a sad tale], and I must say they saw a horrible sight, such an one as i hope and pray to god none of us may ever see again..."
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