Armstrong, Halleck (fl. 1865) to: Mary [Armstrong].

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GLC#
GLC06734.09-View header record
Type
Letters & documents
Date
1865/03/07
Author/Creator
Armstrong, Halleck (fl. 1865)
Title
to: Mary [Armstrong].
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
8 p.
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Talks about systematic pilfering of the Sanitary Commission by high ranking soldiers; also reports on seeing black troops: "Today for the first time I saw whole regiments of black troops…They appear quite as well on parade as their more thoroughly bleached 'brudders.' As soldiers they are not to be sneezed at I tell you…"

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