Letters from Thomas Orwig to Eli Slifer

Letters from Thomas Orwig to Eli Slifer
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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.

People: 
Orwig, Thomas Gilbert
Slifer, Eli
Curtin, Andrew Gregg
Subject: 
Military Affairs and Conflict
Personal and Family Life
Politics and Government
Format: 
Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 
1860-1879
Location: 
MC 2003.4, B8, F19
Origin: 
Gift of Edwin G. Dill
Collection: 
MC 2003.4 - Slifer