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Morey, Charles C., fl. 1830-1865 to father

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.18.52 Author/Creator: Morey, Charles C., fl. 1830-1865 Place Written: Patricks Station, Virginia. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 March 1865 Pagination: 3 p. ; 20.2 x 25.3 cm. Order a Copy

Describes completion of the muster rolls. Reports acknowledgment from his mother of his hard work. Discusses the business of camp, such as raising funds to erect a monument in honor of the 6th corps late and "lamented commander Major General John Sedgwick which is to be erected at West Point," at a cost of $10,000. Also mentions raising money for Honorable Portus Baxter and wife for services to the sick and wounded. Reports that they have spent no less than $8,000 of their own money. Sends a check for $100 and requests his father to cash it and send credit back.

Morey, Charles Carroll, ?-1865
Sedgwick, John, fl. 1865
Baxter, Portus, 1806-1868

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