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Dederer, N. A., fl. 1862-1863 Collection of Nicholas A. Dederer, E company, 114th regiment, New York, infantry [Decimalized .01-.12]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04703 Author/Creator: Dederer, N. A., fl. 1862-1863 Place Written: Various Places Type: Header Record Date: 1862-1863 Pagination: 12 letters + 2 env. Order a Copy

Letters written as Captain and Quartermaster. By end of his letters, Dederer was Provost Marshall. Rathbone seems to have been his son-in-law. The letters discuss Louisiana and New Orleans. There is much talk of arresting deserters. Brief mention is made of enslaved people's relations with Federal soldiers.

Dederer, N. A., fl. 1862-1863

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