A Shower of Stars: The Medal of Honor and the 27th MaineG.K. Hall, 1999 - 381 pages |
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... wrote , " We have seen comparatively easy times as yet , but we have had enough to make us realize the value of home . " And homesickness was even more strongly indicated in a letter a boy wrote to his mother : " I want to know how the ...
... wrote , " We have seen comparatively easy times as yet , but we have had enough to make us realize the value of home . " And homesickness was even more strongly indicated in a letter a boy wrote to his mother : " I want to know how the ...
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... wrote Whitman in part : An exhaustive search of the records on file in this Department has been made but noth- ing has been found to show that the medal of honor authorized by the joint resolution of Congress approved July 12 , 1862 ...
... wrote Whitman in part : An exhaustive search of the records on file in this Department has been made but noth- ing has been found to show that the medal of honor authorized by the joint resolution of Congress approved July 12 , 1862 ...
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... wrote to Secretary of War Stanton on Feb. 20 , 1862 NA , RG 94 , AGO 8847 - A ( EB ) 1882 saying that they would like to submit a proposition and that they were preparing designs . Then , in a letter from Pollock to Welles , May 6 ...
... wrote to Secretary of War Stanton on Feb. 20 , 1862 NA , RG 94 , AGO 8847 - A ( EB ) 1882 saying that they would like to submit a proposition and that they were preparing designs . Then , in a letter from Pollock to Welles , May 6 ...
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