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Civil War Letter: Parker, Benjamin Letter, Sending Clothes Home, to sister Louisa, 1862Entry/Object ID
AM1993.37.17Scope and Content
Civil War Letter: Parker, Benjamin Letter, Sending Clothes Home, to sister Louisa, 1862. He has gotten through on the Idaho and has more than he can carry in his knapsack. He is trying to get on one of the navy gunboat as an assistant engineer and will then rank as a officer. Seven were struck by lighting, 6 more drowned due to undercurrent, 7 Negroes stole a sailboat, ran from Bayou St. Louis and came to Ship Island. Dated May 6, 1862.Lexicon
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