Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878 to his family
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03603.145 Author/Creator: Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878 Place Written: Sharpsburg, Maryland Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 September 1862 Pagination: 2 p. Order a Copy
Writes more about the outcome of the battle. The regiment has guarded a bridge most of the day while the rebel soldiers have possession of the battlefield. Some of the dead and wounded Union troops are still in the field but cannot be retrieved. Counts that there are 19 or 20 dead and wounded from the 8th Regiment. Lieutenant Wait's body was later recovered from the field. His watch and other possessions had been stolen.
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