(CIVIL WAR MASSACHUSETTS) Group of 4 Massachusetts soldiers

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(CIVIL WAR--MASSACHUSETTS.) Group of 4 Massachusetts soldiers' letters. Various sizes and conditions. Vp, 1862-65 and nd

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A.P. Dutton of the 15th Massachusetts Light Artillery. Letter to brother and father in Billerica, MA. Describes the road to Blakely being planted with torpedoes: "They took the man that put them there and made him dig them all up. They had a number in the ground. He had to dig them all up or die." Blakely, AL, 8 April 1865 John N. Nichols, private in the 32nd Massachusetts Infantry. Letter to Alfred Peck of Newton Center, MA, with stamped envelope. "Old Abe was here to revew the Army of the Potomac to day." Falmouth, VA, nd John S. Powers of the 25th Massachusetts Infantry. Letter to Nellie Williams of Framingham, MA on patriotic letterhead. "Alexandria is the dirtiest hole that I ever got into, nothing but secesh and contrabands. . . . Some of them express a wish to be back with 'ole massa.'" Alexandria, VA, 23 November 1862 Asa -- of a Massachusetts regiment. Letter to Miss E.E. [Nellie] Williams of Framingham, MA. Good discussion of McClellan's Peninsula Campaign and the Battle of Malvern Hill. Harrison Landing, VA, 9 August 1862.