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A Civil War Letter from Sylvester Y. Ide in Battery B Rhode Island Light Artillery dated 3/20/1862

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A Civil War Letter from Sylvester Y. Ide in Battery B Rhode Island Light Artillery dated 3/20/1862

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A Civil War Letter from Sylvester Y. Ide in Battery B Rhode Island Light Artillery dated 3/20/1862 Camp Hill Harpers Ferry to David Kenyon with great content describing, Marching, 7000 foot long pontoon bridge, 16 Horses to lug one cannon up a mountain, Negro who told the Rebs that there was 9 miles long of Yanks coming, so the Rebs ran, Pick him out a wife, and Pretty girls,

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A Civil War Letter from Sylvester Y. Ide in Battery B Rhode Island Light Artillery dated 3/20/1862

Name: A Civil War Letter from Sylvester Y. Ide in Battery B Rhode Island Light Artillery dated 3/20/1862
SKU: 125986049
Price: 125 USD
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