Horace M. White on progress of wound, Virginia, 1863
Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Sgt. Horace M. White, in a hospital at Aquia Landing, Virginia, wrote to his sister in Houlton to report that he finally had gotten mail from home -- after three months without any -- and that his wounded foot was healing.
White, a sergeant in Co. E of the Maine 1st Cavalry, accidentally shot himself in the foot in April 1863.
He wrote that he could try to get a furlough to return to Maine for a short visit. He assured her that he was being well cared for in the hospital.
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