1864-05-25 Letter from Edwin A. Bush to Friends at Home Box 2, Folder 7

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In Folder: Bush Family Collection

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1864-05-25 Letter from Edwin A. Bush to Friends at Home Box 2, Folder 7

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Title: 1864-05-25 Letter from Edwin A. Bush to Friends at home

Collection Number: MS 2004-23

Scope and Content: Letter from Edwin A. Bush to Friends at home dated May 25, 1864. In the letter, Edwin provides little update regarding the war, though he suggests a strategic move will be made by General Grant; the location is unspecified. He concludes his letter by addressing a care package meant for him.

Language: English

Type of Resource: text

Genre: Correspondence

Digital Origin: reformatted digital

Subject: American Civil War

Subject: 17th Michigan Infantry

Subject: care package

Subject Name: Bush, Edwin A.

Subject Name: Grant, Ulysses S.

Inclusive Dates: May 25, 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: 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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