Lester, Joseph. Letter, 25 March 1862. 1 item.
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Letter written in the blank space of an 1852 juror's list taken from the New Madrid, Mo. Courthouse by a Union soldier. The letter tells of the shelling of Island No. 10 and the Confederate forces one mile below the island and "just across the river".
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