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J. D. McCord Civil War Letter
Wyles SC 142
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Title: J. D. McCord Civil War Letter,
Date (inclusive): 1862
Collection Number: Wyles SC 142
Creator:
McCord (J. D.)
Extent:
.02 linear feet
(1 folder)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Vault
Language:
English.
None.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
J. D. McCord Civil War Letter. Wyles SC 142. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Undetermined.
Scope and Content of Collection
One lengthy eight-page Civil War letter (ALS) from J. D. McCord to his cousin, Mrs. R. A. Newton of Albany, NY, re recent
engagements, including a Rebel ambush near Falmouth, Virginia. Also says he has been a butcher the last few months and thinks
he is serving the Army just as well by providing food as by killing the enemy. Falmouth, Virginia, 4 May 1862.