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    "localId": "431966367",
    "label": "Letter from Joseph E. Harvey to His Wife While Aboard a Union Vessel on the Mississippi River",
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    "contentType": "document",
    "title": "Letter from Joseph E. Harvey to His Wife While Aboard a Union Vessel on the Mississippi River",
    "description": "This file unit contains a letter written on May 31, 1864, by Joseph E. Harvey of Company K, 9th Minnesota Infantry Regiment, to his wife, Mary L. Harvey, at Saratoga, Winona County, Minnesota.  Mr. Harvey wrote this letter while he was aboard a Union vessel on the Mississippi River above (north of) Memphis, Tennessee.  The letter indicates the vessel had passed Forts Pillow and Randolph that day and had obtained a supply of coal at Cairo, Illinois, the previous day.  The letter is accompanied by the envelope in which it was mailed to his wife.",
    "citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/431966367",
    "collections": [
        "Louise I. Nowack Collection",
        "Letter from Joseph E. Harvey to His Wife While en Route to Andersonville Prison"
    ],
    "subjects": [
        "Memphis (Tenn.)",
        "Minnesota",
        "Mississippi River",
        "Winona County (Minn.)",
        "Correspondence",
        "Personal correspondence",
        "American Civil War, 1861-1865"
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    "coverageEndDate": {
        "day": 31,
        "logicalDate": "1864-05-31",
        "month": 5,
        "year": 1864
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        "day": 31,
        "logicalDate": "1864-05-31",
        "month": 5,
        "year": 1864
    },
    "generalNotes": [
        "This donated item was accessioned by NARA as an example of a communication between a soldier and his spouse during the American Civil War.  It provides evidence of his experiences that were not documented in official records such as his Compiled Military Service Record (CSMR) in Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer Organizations During the American Civil War, 1890–1912 (National Archives Identifier 300398), in Record Group 94.  The Minnesota Historical Society holds a different letter from Mr. Harvey that is also dated May 31, 1864."
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    "ocrText": "h number of candn on the lin OF THE OF\nTHE\nbankment. beside several thes\nUNITED\nlaying on its side near the river.\nSTATE\nHere got my first new of a complete\nguybout There was one lazing at the\nwharf and another started out\njust as we arrived. The and that\nd should think though I'did nott\nleft. was quite a large one carryme\ncount them about 16ar 18 guns the\nlight as ten gund the at in Allertone\nother was smalla carrying about\nhad a mooden cabin builton her\nthe lower partwas eron clad. the other\nboat was A iron elod complete,\nOur boat look on coulat bairo she\ntook 1.000 bushels. the\ntruenty miles to columbus. befored\nwent to herd she dieb not stop there\nI was in hopes she would the up\nbefore, so geould have a view of all\nuntil morning same as night\non she halted tisland No. 10. and\nthat to be seen. but she utright\nas I was on the this deck and hap-\nfexed to awake Leanch againtse\nof the waiks close by the\nThe shanks were quite high their was\nway scould not see any guns there\na notch through them for a fossage\nToday me have fassed Fart Pillow\nand Rendolph They are both grute\ndifferent looking place thand\nsupposed the they onlie.\nwhich are are\n50.0260 feetabor the righ at it\npresent stage. They are both cath\nworks. and should think from"
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