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Gilbert Ward Letter

Title: Gilbert Ward Letter
Description: 8 x 11", bifold, ink on paper, 1 leaf
Creator: Ward, Gilbert, 1837?-1864
Abstract: Letter written from Yorktown, VA. According to the OR, the 11th Moved to Gloucester Point, VA on October 1 and duty there until April 1864. In the Spring, Gen. Butler's Army of the James began operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond beginning in May of 1864.
Date: 1863-12-03
Subject: United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 11th (1861-1865); United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives; 11th Connecticut Infantry Regiment; Civil War Letters

Item sets: Civil War Letters and Miscellanea Collection, MS 060

Media: ms060_01_12_001b.jpg; ms060_01_12_002b.jpg; ms060_01_12_003b.jpg; ms060_01_12_004b.jpg

Ward, Gilbert, 1837?-1864. 1863. “Gilbert Ward Letter.”, Digital Archival Objects at WestConn, accessed August 19, 2026, https://archives.library.wcsu.edu/omeka-s/s/digital/item/15581