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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03603.288 Author/Creator: Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 June 1864 Pagination: 2 p. Order a Copy

Thanks God for preserving him through the days of danger and suffering. Writes about his feelings about acting as a commander. Notes that he read the last letter from his family "with the bullets whistling over me".

Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878

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