1864-10-14 Letter from Mack Ewing

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1864-10-14 Letter from Mack Ewing

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Title: 1864-10-14 Letter from Mack Ewing

Collection Number: MS 2008-46

Scope and Content: Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated October 14, 1864. In this letter, Ewing describes his witnessing of a deserter execution.

Language: English

Type of Resource: text

Genre: Correspondence

Digital Origin: reformatted digital

Subject: American Civil War

Subject: 2nd Michigan Infantry

Subject: deserters

Subject Name: Ewing, Henry McKendree

Subject Name: Ewing, Mack

Subject Name: Ewing, Nancy (Hank)

Inclusive Dates: October 14, 1864

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: Ewing, Henry ("Mack"). Enlisted in company D. Second Infantry, March 28, 1864, at Woodbridge for 3 years, age 22. Mustered April 8, 1864. Joined regiment May 23, 1864. Discharged at West Philadelphia, Pa., June 23, 1865, on account of wounds received while in camp near Petersburg, Va. (Loss of right eye.)

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