Raynors HCA 2017-06
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A Union soldier’s letter written by “J(ohn) W. Stearns,” who enlisted on 8/18/1862 as a private into "I" Co. VT 12th Infantry, 4pp., Virginia November 4 (1862) on patriotic lettersheet showing the Battle of Millspring. In part, “You will see by the date of this letter I am in Virginia, in the land of Dixie. When we first came South we went to camp Casey Capitol Hill about a mile from the city of Washington. We staid there until Oct 30 then we marched over the Potomac into Virgina ...”
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