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Letter

Title - full title of the work

From Pvt/Sgt William Henry Shelton, Bty L, NY Light to Cousin Louise

Creator - the author

William Henry Shelton

Date Created

October 19th 1862

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

Letter home from a soldier in the field

Abstract - a brief summary of the contents of the text

Author gives a simple recounting of Antietam, mentions Bull Run and poor weather. This item includes an image of original letter, a transcription, notes about named persons, and a photo of the author

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Original with family member or collector

Letter on Spared & Shared

Temporal Coverage - time period covered in the text

October 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