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Click here for this soldier’s biography: https://micivilwar.com/authors/clark-gardner-b/

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Regiment: 1st U.S. Volunteers Sharpshooters Battles Mentioned: Historical Figures: Grand Rapids Mich July 14^th 1863 My Mary. You are a pretty young lady. you are. to run away just as I was coming to see you. I shall punish you severely. I came in on the morning train this A.M. wounded. flesh wound above the knee. Please come home by the first train. Yours ever Gardner. [On Envelope:] Miss Mary Baxter Muskegan Michigan