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Letters from Thomas Orwig to Eli Slifer
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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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MC 2003.4, B8, F19
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Gift of Edwin G. Dill
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