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1862 WASHINGTON DC MOUNT PLEASANT HOSPITAL ~ 35TH NEW YORK
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AUG. 14, 1862 ~ MOUNT PLEASANT HOSPITAL, WASHINGTON, D.C.

LETTER WRITTEN BY LEVI C. HUBBARD, CO.B, 35TH NEW YORK VOLUNTEER INFANTRY TO HIS BROTHER REV. H.G. HUBBARD OF BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND

LEVI ENLISTED MAY 7, 1861 AT COPENHAGEN AND MUSTERED OUT 2 YEARS LATER ON JUNE 5, 1863

THE LETTER IS QUITE LEGIBLE AND EASY TO FOLLOW. HE MENTIONS MAKING ROOM FOR THE WOUNDED AT THE RECENT BATTLE AT CULPEPPER. HE HAS NO REAL NEWS AND ONLY KNOWS WHAT HE READS IN THE PAPER. HE GOES ON TO SAY HE IS FEELING BETTER AND WILL ASK THE DOCTOR IF HE IS FIT TO GO BACK TO HIS REGIMENT. HE TELLS HIS BROTHER THAT SEVERAL HUNDRED WOUNDED CAME IN BEFORE HE LEFT ALEXANDRIA AND IT MADE HIM FEEL AS THOUGH HE OUGHT TO GO BACK AT ALL HAZZARDS....

HE DIED IN 1902 AND BURIED AT HILLSIDE CEMETERY IN JEFFERSON COUNTY NY



Shipping Weight: 0.3 lb
Item # CWB9875
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