Robert S. Edwards Papers

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Document Type: Manuscript

Author: Robert Sedgwick Edwards
Date: June 18, 1862
Place: Fort Pulaski, Georgia
To: Frances Edwards Rogers

Physical Description: Ink on paper; 1 page (10 x 14 cm.) on 1 sheet

Note: Excerpt, in an unidentified hand, from an 18 June 1862 letter of Robert Sedgwick Edwards to Frances Edwards Rogers.

Number: MSN/CW 1004-26

Transcribed by: Jeremy Kiene and George Rugg, 2006

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Extract from a letter of Lieut R. S. Edwards to his sister M^rs Rogers — Fort Pulaski June 18th/62

"You fear that I don't realize as I should, the dangers I have escaped. You must recollect it is my duty to meet any danger that may arise, coolly & unconcernedly, but I trust I am not the less thankful for health, & every other blessing I have enjoyed as well as for my escape from all danger.
Afternoon — We were all greatly shocked & startled this p. m. by the sudden death of Colonel Perry — he died in an apopleptic fit. Such a death is much more sad & startling than one in battle, when we are nerved & braced for whatever may come."

Transcription last modified: 26 Sep 2006 at 01:24 PM EDT

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