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bridges_4

Publication Date

11-3-1861

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3 November 1861

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Letter from Richard C. Bridges to his mother concerning the guarding of batteries on the Potomac; states the probability of an attack on Manassas; describes the battle at Leesburg; asks after blankets and clothes.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 11th. Company A; Confederate States of America -- Archival resources; Confederate States of America. Army -- Military life

Relational Format

Archival Material

Original Format

correspondence

City

Dumfries (Va.)

Original Collection

Richard C. Bridges Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

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Also included in the Civil War in the American South collection.

Richard C. Bridges to mother, 3 November 1861

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