| Summary: | This collection consists of five letters from Major Henry B. McIlvaine, of the 5th New York Heavy Artillery, to his wife, Maggie, of Manhasset, New York, during the Civil War. Most of the letters are undated, but those that are dated come from 1864. McIlvaine sent the letters from the headquarters of the Eighth Army Corps in Baltimore, Maryland. The letters discuss McIlvaine’s social life in Baltimore, news of family and friends, plans for McIlvaine’s wife to visit him, and McIlvaine’s grief at his daughter’s death.
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