Justus F. Gale to Sister
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Parent Collections - Vermonters in the Civil War
- Justus F. Gale Correspondence
Title - Justus F. Gale to Sister
Creator - Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
Date Created - 1863-06-19
Description - Gale writes of the second assault on Port Hudson on June 14th, describing the rough ground they had to cover to get in range, and the number of killed and wounded in the regiment. He also comments that on the day his mother traveled to Morrisville, he was out hunting “graybacks,” and that while some complain of the conditions in the army, they are the ones who hadn’t been “weaned” yet.
Subject - Battle casualties.
- United States Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865).
- Port Hudson (La.) -- History -- Siege, 1863.
Extent - 4 pages
Note [Digital Version] - 2013-05-29, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Genre - correspondence
Type of Resource - text
Publisher - Silver Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries
Date Captured - 5/29/2013 6:20:45 PM
Access Conditions - Requests to reproduce this item should be sent to Vermont Historical Society Library, library@vermonthistory.org.
Access Conditions [Local] - No Copyright - United States
Identifier [Local] - cwvhsGaleJustus70
Language - English
Language [Code] - eng
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