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Regiment: 24th Michigan Infantry
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Historical Figures: George A. Ross
Detroit July 25th 1864
Mr. Ross
Dear Sir
I received yours of the 19th and return my sincere thanks for the kindness
you manifested in writing to my brothers wife. She is absent from the city at
present but she left permission for me to read any letters that came from the
army; and in behalf of her and the childern I am about to ask a favor from you if
you would be kind enough to send my brothers descriptive list to me you would
confer a great favor on his family. He leaves a wife and two childern that was
entirely dependant on him for support. My mother is very desirous of hearing
some particulars of my brothers death if you will be kind enough to make
inquiries among the boys prehaps you will find some that saw him meet his fate.
Please write at your earlest convience and you will greatly oblige.
Yours truly
Direct Daniel Webster, Detroit House of Corrections
Camp 24th Mich. vols.
Near Petersburg Va.
Aug 1, 64
Mr. Daniel Webster
Dear Sir
Your letter has been duly recd and I improve this first opportunity I have
in replying in regard to sending your brothers Decription List to
you it is
impossible for me to do. It is against military regulations and some one would
subject me to court marshall. I presume that you were not aware of the fact or
you would not have asked for it. All such information and documents must be
derived through the adjundunt Gen. officer.
In regard to the particulars of your brothers death. they are as known as
follows: One of the boys in his sec saw a man killed
with a shell in the charge of the 18th of June which he suffers to be Webster but
he did not go up to him. About a week after when some of the 7th Wisconsin regt
came burying our dear they gave me his discriptions of a bad, which answers to T.
O. Webster. These are all his perticulars ascrd from when I gave you in my
former letter.
Sgt. Vonderlif of Co. A. in the Ambulance corps has a silver watch which
belonged to T. O. Webster, Which he says he wll sind to you the first opportunity
he has or by mail if you desire. That is all the effects which I know to be in
his possession at the time aside from what he might have had on his person and
was lost.
I will send his papers to the A. G. Officer so that his legal heirs may
draw his back pay as soon as possible.
If you have any further inquiries or forms to as concerning his death etc
or any thing you wish done consider yourself at liberty to do so and they will
receive my earlest attention.
With due sympathy for his friends and family I suscribe your obdent servant
Luet. Geo. A. Ross
Co. F 24th Mich
