(CIVIL WAR MICHIGAN) [Burge] Coroden S Letter from a fresh

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(CIVIL WAR--MICHIGAN.) [Burge], Coroden S. Letter from a fresh Michigan recruit, on a striking Fortress Monroe letter sheet. Autograph Letter Signed to mother. 3 pages plus full page of engraved illustrations by Sachse of Baltimore (Fortress Monroe and a colored map of Virginia), 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches; minor wear at folds. Camp Scott, Georgetown, DC, 28 June 1861

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This soldier signed simply as "Coroden," but mentions being mustered in Detroit. It being an unusual name, we can trace him to the recently formed 2nd Michigan Infantry, then manning the defenses of Washington. Burge mentions that three contraband ex-slaves act as servants in his regiment, adding that "Here all the work is done by slaves. It is done in a very slovenly manner." The regiment went to the front soon enough, and Burge died at Fair Oaks the following year.