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Guide to the
Jonathan F. Coghill Letters, RG 134
Listed by: LH
Date: February 15, 1968
Date Span: 1861-1864
Scope / Content: Photocopies of typescripts of letters written
by Coghill to his parents and family. The letters trace Coghill's movements
from Yorktown, Virginia, in 1862, through the Gettysburg, Mine Run and
Wilderness Campaigns, to the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 and an
engagement at Stephenson's Depot.
Biographical Sketch: Coghill served as a sharpshooter in Company
G, 23d North Carolina Regiment.
CALENDAR:
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From Yorktown, Virginia - April 16, 1861
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From a Camp near Fredericksburg, Virginia - January 25, 1863
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From a Camp near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania - June 25, 1863
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From a Camp near Williamsport, Missouri - July 9, 1863
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From Rockville, Virginia - July 17, 1863
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From Madison Courthouse, Virginia - July 31, 1863
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From a Camp near Orange Courthouse, Virginia - August 10, 1863
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From Chemanah Ford, Virginia - September 27, 1863
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From near Kelly's Ford, Virginia - November 1, 1863
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Near Morton's Ford, Virginia - December 4, 1863
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Near Taylorsville, Virginia - May 25, 1864
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Camp near Strawsburg, Virginia - July 23, 1864
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From New Market, Virginia - October 27, 1864
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