Type - ex: book, article, monograph, essay

Letter

Title - full title of the work

From Pvt Peter King, 130th PA Inf to Wife Hannah

Creator - the author

Peter King

Date Created

September 28th 1862

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

Letter from soldier in the field

Abstract - a brief summary of the contents of the text

Autor summarizes movements and shock in seeing so many wounded soldiers. This item includes images of the original letter and a transcription.

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Original with family member or collector

Letter on Spared & Shared

Temporal Coverage - time period covered in the text

September 1862

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

Harpers Ferry Virginia

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