5Ó x 8Ó. Four-page fragment of a holographic letter from a Union soldier describing his participation in a battle on April 16. The letter fragment is not dated, but based on his description of fighting with the Fourth Regiment from Vermont on April 16, it is possible that the skirmish of which he writes took place in 1862, when the Fourth Vermont Regiment saw conflict at the Battle of Lee's Mill (also known as the Battle of Yorktown) on April 16, 1862. The author, who signs this letter to his mother only as ÒGeorgeÓ describes his own role in the battle: ÒI must say that on the day ...
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