1864-07-20 Letter from Amanda to Cynthia Bush Box 2, Folder 6

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In Folder: Bush Family Collection

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1864-07-20 Letter from Amanda to Cynthia Bush Box 2, Folder 6

Item Data

Title: 1864-07-20 Letter from Amanda to Frederick E. Bush

Collection Number: MS 2004-23

Scope and Content: Letter from Amanda to Frederick E. Bush dated July 20, 1864. In the letter, Amanda expresses great sympathy to Frederick after the loss of Edwin E. Bush.

Language: English

Type of Resource: text

Genre: Correspondence

Digital Origin: reformatted digital

Subject: American Civil War

Subject: 17th Michigan Infantry

Subject: sympathy

Subject: homefront

Subject: home life

Subject Name: Bush, Edwin A.

Inclusive Dates: July 20, 1864

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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