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Civil War Papers

Date Range: 1862, 1865
3 items

Scope and Content:
These photocopies of Civil War papers include a letter from Bird B. Wright of Shepherdstown in Jefferson County, Virginia to his wife Amy R. Wright of Quincy Florida in Gadsden County. The letter dated September 21, 1862, informs her that he has been badly wounded while in combat near Sharpsburg, Maryland and gives instructions how to get to the place where he is and tells her that she or his brother should come to see him. Among other things, he tells her that his Captain was killed the same day he was wounded. Also included is a Certificate of Parole, Waldo, Alachua County, Florida, dated May 20, 1865 to J. A. Tompkins...Private of Co. B. 2nd Regiment, Florida Calvary, and a transmittal letter with further details by Weston Taylor of Tallahassee, Florida to "Mrs. Frost."

Citation: Civil War Papers, Special Collections, Robert Manning Strozier Library, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.
Donor Name: Effie M. Scott
Access Restrictions: none
Manuscript Number: MSS 0:60
Location: Box 140

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