1862-10-27 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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1862-10-27 Letter from Edwin A. Bush to Friends at Home Box 2, Folder 7

Item Data

Title: 1862-10-27 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 October 27, 1862. In the letter, Edwin updates his family on the movement of his regiment and news surrounding the war.

Language: English

Type of Resource: text

Genre: Correspondence

Digital Origin: reformatted digital

Subject: American Civil War

Subject: 17th Michigan Infantry

Subject: march

Subject: draft

Subject: care package

Subject: Virginia Campaign

Subject Name: Bush, Edwin A.

Inclusive Dates: October 27, 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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