William W. Harvey to Orange Harvey et al., undated
Mount plesant Hospital
Washington DC
 
            Dear Friends at Homb
it is with plasure that I wright to you to lett you no whear I am our regament started for the front a week a go last sunday and when we had ben gon 3 days we had a very hard fight, and we lost 60 in our regt and I got off with a slight wound in my left hand I dont no how long I shall stop hear I may go to Baltamore and I may go to Boston cant tell my hand pains me pretty badd soo good by this from W W Harvey
your son /
 
when I git to where I stop I will wright again
 
I sopose that you see a list of the wounded
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DATABASE CONTENT
(14374)DL1942.012X.1Letters186X

Tags: Death (Military), Fighting, Injuries

People - Records: 6

  • (5101) [writer] ~ Harvey, William Wallace
  • (5103) [recipient] ~ Harvey, Orange
  • (5104) [recipient] ~ Harvey, Martha ~ Carr, Martha
  • (5105) [recipient] ~ Harvey, Benjamin Carr
  • (5106) [recipient] ~ Harvey, Martha Jane ~ Whitney, Martha Jane
  • (5107) [recipient] ~ Harvey, Mary H. ~ Buckminster, Mary H. ~ Hanno, Mary H.

Places - Records: 2

  • (75) [origination] ~ Washington, DC
  • (1687) [destination] ~ St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont

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SOURCES

William W. Harvey to Orange Harvey et al., undated, DL1942.012, Nau Collection