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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.18.53 Author/Creator: Morey, Charles C., fl. 1830-1865 Place Written: Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 March 1865 Pagination: 1 p. ; 20.2 x 25.3 cm. Order a Copy

Describes "St. Patrick's Day in the morning." Mentions that there is a great deal of sport in camp. Reports that they are having a review by General George Gordon Meade, Major General Horatio Gouverneur Wright, and Senator Henry Wilson from Massachusetts, so he has no time to write. Letter written on preprinted letterhead: "Headquarters Second Regiment Vermont Infantry, Sixth Corps."

Morey, Charles Carroll, ?-1865

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