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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1862/1862">1862</unitdate>
    <abstract id="aspace_44a162a88dd717e2339ac37e71dc792a">A letter written by a Sergeant Thomas King to a friend. The letter is dated March 4, 1862, and was written from Camp Charleston, Virginia. King was a soldier with the 27th Regiment, Company K, of the Indiana Volunteer Calvary under Col. Colgrove. A typed transcription of the letter, prepared by the donor, is attached to the original copy.</abstract>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Thomas King, Civil War Soldier's Letter, A&amp;M 2249, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="ingest">Civil War - West Virginia.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">West Virginia - Civil War.</subject>
    <subject source="local">Civil War --  letters</subject>
    <subject source="local">Civil War -- 27th Indiana Volunteers</subject>
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