1863-04-14 Letter from John Scotford to Edwin A. Bush Box 2, Folder 6

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1863-04-14 Letter from John Scotford to Edwin A. Bush Box 2, Folder 6

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Title: 1863-04-14 Letter to Edwin A. Bush from John Scotford

Collection Number: MS 2004-23

Scope and Content: Letter from John Scotford to Edwin A. Bush dated April 14, 1863. In the letter, John is pleased to hear that Edwin is under the command of General Burnside and will primarily be stationed in Kentucky and Tennessee. He also mentions President Lincoln's Proclamation 97 on March 30, 1863, which calls for a day of national humiliation, fasting, and prayer.

Language: English

Type of Resource: text

Genre: Correspondence

Digital Origin: reformatted digital

Subject: American Civil War

Subject: 17th Michigan Infantry

Subject: home life

Subject: home front

Subject: Proclamation 97

Subject: Battle of Vicksburg (Miss.)

Subject: Lincoln, Abraham

Subject Name: Bush, Edwin A.

Subject Name: Bush, Frederick E.

Subject Name: Scotford, John; Burnside, Ambrose

Inclusive Dates: April 14, 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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