1863-01-01 Letter to Cousin from Edwin A. Bush Box 2, Folder 5

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In Folder: Bush Family Collection

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1863-01-01 Letter to Cousin from Edwin A. Bush Box 2, Folder 5

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Title: 1863-01-01 Letter from Cousin to Edwin A. Bush

Collection Number: MS 2004-23

Scope and Content: Incomplete letter from a Cousin to Edwin A. Baker dated January 1, 1863. In the letter, the cousin discusses the death of a soldier who was fighting in the 17th Infantry with Edwin. He asks if Edwin had recently fought in Fredericksburg and describes how he spent his New Years.

Language: English

Type of Resource: text

Genre: Correspondence

Digital Origin: reformatted digital

Subject: American Civil War

Subject: 17th Michigan Infantry

Subject: fighting

Subject: soldier death

Subject: soldier life

Subject: battle

Subject: Battle of Fredericksburg

Subject Name: Bush, Edwin A.

Inclusive Dates: January 1, 1863

Location of Originals: Archives of Michigan

Use Restrictions: Please contact the Archives of Michigan for permission to publish.

Access Restrictions: To preserve the original items, this collection is only available online.

Notes

Biography or Historical Note: Bush, Edwin A. West Leroy. Enlisted in company E, Seventeenth Infantry, Aug. 12, 1862, at Ypsilanti, for 3 years, age 19. Mustered Aug. 19, 1862. Died of wounds received in action near Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864.

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