Undated Letter to Edwin A. Bush Box 2, Folder 6

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In Folder: Bush Family Collection

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Undated Letter to Edwin A. Bush Box 2, Folder 6

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Title: n.d. Letter from Cornelia to Edwin A. Bush

Collection Number: MS 2004-23

Scope and Content: Incomplete letter from Cornelia to Edwin A. Bush on an unspecified date. In the short letter, Cornelia talks about a violent battle in Tennessee and wonders if victory is possible for the North with such ambitious military leaders.

Language: English

Type of Resource: text

Genre: Correspondence

Digital Origin: reformatted digital

Subject: American Civil War

Subject: 17th Michigan Infantry

Subject: 2nd Kentucky Regiment

Subject: battle

Subject Name: Bush, Edwin A.

Subject Name: Rosecrans, William Starke

Inclusive Dates: n.d.

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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