1862-11-22 Letter from Henry Bush to Edwin A. Bush Box 2, Folder 7

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1862-11-22 Letter from Henry Bush to Edwin A. Bush Box 2, Folder 7

Item Data

Title: 1862-11-22 Letter from Edwin A. Bush to his brother, Henry Bush

Collection Number: MS 2004-23

Scope and Content: Letter from Edwin A. Bush to his brother Henry Bush dated November 22, 1862. In the letter, Edwin reaffirms his decision to enlist in the army. He state his regiment is currently camped on the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg, Virginia, and provides updated news on the status of the war.

Language: English

Type of Resource: text

Genre: Correspondence

Digital Origin: reformatted digital

Subject: American Civil War

Subject: 17th Michigan Infantry

Subject: camp life

Subject: camp

Subject: enlistment

Subject: march

Subject: supplies

Subject: Confederate Army

Subject: duty

Subject Name: Bush, Edwin A.

Subject Name: Burnside, Ambrose

Inclusive Dates: November 22, 1862

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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