Box 4273.001

Scope and Contents This collection consists of one letter from Edward to his sister, dated July 28, 1863, at which time the Army of the Potomac had returned to Virginia following the Battle of Gettysburg, and was preparing for an anticipated attack by Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. The letter sheds interesting light on a private soldier's perspective on the war and its prospects. The letter's reference to Pottsville and a newspaper named the journal suggests that Edward may have been from...