Letters from Thomas Orwig to Eli Slifer

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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.

People:

Orwig, Thomas Gilbert

Slifer, Eli

Curtin, Andrew Gregg

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Military Affairs and Conflict

Personal and Family Life

Politics and Government

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Letters/Correspondence

Time Period:

1860-1879