C. A. Carson Letter, 1863

Item — Box: 4273.001, Folder: 023

Letter from C. A. Carson, Sulphur Springs, Virginia, to father, mother, and brother, South Dorridgewood, Maine, September 12, 1863

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Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two letters from C. A. Carson, Union Army soldier at "Camp near Sulphur Springs, Virginia" (the extreme southwestern corner of the state, wedged between Kentucky and Tennessee), 12 September 1863, to his parents and brother. The letters are both on the same sheet of paper, and discuss, among other things, an episode of fraternization between Carson’s unit and a Confederate force on the far side of a river. The accompanying envelope is postmarked Washington, D. C., 15 September 1863, and addressed to S. L. Carson, South Dorridgewood, Maine.

Dates

Creation: 1863

Creator

Carson, C. A. (Person)

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