From Pvt John Egbert Richmond, Co. C, 13th Pennsylvania Militia of 1862 to the Carbondale Advance Newspaper Publisher.

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Letter

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From Pvt John Egbert Richmond, Co. C, 13th Pennsylvania Militia of 1862 to the Carbondale Advance Newspaper Publisher.

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John Egbert Richmond

Date Created

September 20, 1862

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

Letter from a soldier in the field

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Autor recounts returning to Antietam after the battle and the state of the dead in great detail, Autor collected trophies of the bodies. provides a summary of where units are moving afterward and rebel activity. This item includes an image of original letter, a transcription, notes about named persons, several other soldiers mentioned

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Original with family member or collector

Letter on Spared & Shared

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September 1862

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Hagerstown, Maryland

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

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