Civil War letters from William Otter to his sister, 1864

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Otter, William

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Four letters, written in February and October 1864, by Private William Otter, Company D, 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, to his sister. He describes the wounds suffered in battle, the lack of rations, rumor...

Four letters, written in February and October 1864, by Private William Otter, Company D, 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, to his sister. He describes the wounds suffered in battle, the lack of rations, rumors about the war circulating through camp, and writes about the coming of peace. Otter's unit was in Tennessee at the time the letters were written.

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