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Calvin Shedd letter to wife, S. Augusta Shedd, May 25, 1862

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Title	Calvin Shedd letter to wife, S. Augusta Shedd, May 25, 1862
Creator	Shedd, Calvin (1826-1891)
Link to transcription	http://scholar.library.miami.edu/shedd/letters/62may25.html
Summary	Shedd and his regiment are involved in unloading guns and cartridges from a supply ship. He includes news about several friends.
Subject	Shedd, Calvin -- Correspondence Shedd, S. Augusta United States. Army. New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 7th. Company A Florida -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Enfield (New Hampshire)
Genre	Correspondence
Date	1862-05-25
Coverage Temporal	1860-1870
Coverage Spatial	Fort Jefferson (Florida)
Physical description	1 letter (4 pages); 1 envelope
Language	eng
Repository	University of Miami Libraries. Special Collections
Collection Title	Calvin Shedd Papers
Collection No.	ASM0383
Container	Box No. 1; Folder No. 2; Folder Title: May - Sep 1862
Copyright	http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/copyright.html
Object ID	asm0383000031
Type	Text

Title	Page 1
Full Text	Fort Jefferson, May 25, 1862 My Dear Wife Augusta I am most happy to have the time to acknowledge recpt of a letter from you Ada & Annah of May 11th for which I thank you heartily. I was on Guard and it helps me to keep awake; as I looked on the stars I thought perhaps you might be looking at the same & it was a happiness to me to think that we were looking at the same & it seemed to be a bond of sympathy and love. I am in good health and spirits but on "Police" & we have to load Gun Carriages this P.M. & I have no time to write only from 12 to 1 & eat my dinner out of that so you must excuse me as the mail goes out at 5 PM and I shall not be
Object ID	asm0383000031
Digital ID	asm03830000310001001

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