Letters from Thomas Orwig to Eli Slifer

Letters from Thomas Orwig to Eli Slifer
Number of Pages: 
31
Date: 
1861-1864

Thomas Orwig writes twelve letters to Eli Slifer, the Secretary of the Commonwealth during the Civil War, regarding Orwig's military and administrative affairs with Battery "E" of 1st Pennsylvania artillery. " My greatest [military] ambition is to crush the rebellion," as Orwig notes. Transcripts included.

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Location: 
MC 2003.4, B8, F19
Origin: 
Gift of Edwin G. Dill
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