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Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878 to his family

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03603.285 Author/Creator: Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 May 1864 Pagination: 2 p. : Order a Copy

Writes of commanding the regiment in place of Colonel Ward and of embarking to join [General Ulysses] Grant's army. Notes that four of the companies lost all of their baggage when the rebels captured it. Says that he found and sent home Alfred's valise with some of his own things enclosed.

Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878

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