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      <persname source="ingest">Bush, William H.</persname>
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    <abstract id="aspace_bdff4c46af9afa0a7137d51c1a4bdcf4">Two letters by Union soldier William H. Bush to his wife Mary, in Racine, Ohio. On March 29, 1863 Bush wrote from Winchester, "East, Va.," and on April 15, 1864 from Harper's Ferry. Bush discusses the family and personal affairs, his army buddies, the camp rules, and the location of his unit at Harper's Ferry. He also includes a hand-drawn map of Harper's Ferry on part of a page in the second letter.</abstract>
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    <subject source="ingest">Civil War soldiers letters - Union.</subject>
    <subject source="local">Civil War -- Harpers Ferry</subject>
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