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[ALS] Union Soldier Stationed at Camp Newport News, following the Battle of Fredericksburg, writes about seeing a Monitor class ship as he fears he is going to be sent to South Carolina.
Newport News, VA: 1863. [2] pp. 8 x 10 inches. February 15th, 1863. R.H. Irwin of Company E, 51st Regiment, 2nd Division, 2nd Brigade, 9th Army Corps. of the Pennsylvania Infantry. Irwin writes to his uncle & aunt, and, after commenting on his march from Fredericksburg, tells them of the..... More