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Letter

Title - full title of the work

Edwin Martin Whipple, Co. C, 111th PA Inf to Mother

Creator - the author

Edwin Martin Whipple

Date Created

September 9, 1862

Subject - ex: regimental history, personal memoir, battle narrative

Letter home from soldier in the field

Abstract - a brief summary of the contents of the text

Writer mentions changing regiments and locations. This item includes an image of original letter, a transcription, and two other soldiers mentioned

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Original with family member or collector

Lette on The Glorious Dead

Temporal Coverage - time period covered in the text

September 1862

Spatial Coverage - place(s) or geographic area covered in the text

Maryland

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Transcribed and posted online by William Griffing at Spared & Shared, used here with permission