1862-11-23 Letter from Frederick Bush to Edwin A. Bush Box 2, Folder 5

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In Folder: Bush Family Collection

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1862-11-23 Letter from Frederick Bush to Edwin A. Bush Box 2, Folder 5

Item Data

Title: 1862-11-23 Letter to Edwin A. Bush from Frederick E. Bush

Collection Number: MS 2004-23

Scope and Content: Letter from Frederick E. Bush to Edwin A. Bush dated November 23, 1862. In the letter, Frederick provides updated news on the family and home front. He hears that there is a major battle approaching and that the two great armies are near each other. He hopes the war will be over in six months.

Language: English

Type of Resource: text

Genre: Correspondence

Digital Origin: reformatted digital

Subject: American Civil War

Subject: 17th Michigan Infantry

Subject: home front

Subject: home

Subject: war effort

Subject Name: Bush, Edwin A.

Subject Name: Bush, Frederick E.

Inclusive Dates: November 23, 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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