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Creator/Title
Ramsdell, Charles H., 1843-1864. Letter, 26 December 1862. ALS, 4 pp.
Call No.
Mss. C R
Content
A corporal in Co. C of the 18th Michigan Infantry, Ramsdell writes to his parents from Lexington, Ky. He describes the rainy weather and how he celebrated Christmas in camp. He describes the gifts he received from home and asks several questions about the family farm, including crop yield. In a postscript written on the 278, he describes spending the morning on skirmish drill and reports the men were signing their payroll. He scoffs at newspaper reports which claim Gen. John B. Floyd's Confederate forces were marching on Lexington. He assured his family there "was no danger" for "there is too many blue coats here."