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HENRY E. SIMMONS LETTERS, #3115, 1854-1865

Correspondence from Simmons of Rhode Island, who served as a sergeant in the Federal army, chiefly in the Washington D.C. and eastern Virginia areas. Letters emphasize personal religious efforts among the soldiers and include observations of freedmen employed by the Federal army. Includes three letters written while Simmons was principal of a freedmen's school at Arlington, Virginia (1865).