1862-10-04 Letter from Henry and Summer Bush to Edwin A. Bush Box 2, Folder 5

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In Folder: Bush Family Collection

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1862-10-04 Letter from Henry and Summer Bush to Edwin A. Bush Box 2, Folder 5

Item Data

Title: 1862-10-04 Letter to Edwin A. Bush from his brother Henry

Collection Number: MS 2004-23

Scope and Content: Letter from Henry Bush to his brother, Edwin A. Bush, dated October 4, 1862. In the letter, Henry talks about his enrollment in school and life back at home.

Language: English

Type of Resource: text

Genre: Correspondence

Digital Origin: reformatted digital

Subject: American Civil War

Subject: 17th Michigan Infantry

Subject: homefront

Subject: home life

Subject Name: Bush, Edwin A.

Subject Name: Bush, Henry

Inclusive Dates: October 4, 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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