Type - ex: book, article, monograph, essay

Letter

Title - full title of the work

From Pvt Edson Emery, Co. E, 2nd VT Inf to Brother

Creator - the author

Edson Emery

Date Created

September 13, 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

Summary of movements writer mentions Brother Philo and weather conditions. This item includes an image of original letter, a transcription, and another soldier mentioned

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Original with family member or collector

Spared & Shared

Temporal Coverage - time period covered in the text

September 1862

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

Buckeystown, Maryland

Description - notes, provenance, or other information about the text

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