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Washington, I). C. Jan. 1, 1866.E. C.OWAN—Dear AVr.—I havo just read 2i ('apt. Judson’s history of the 83d Reg't. Pa. tt Volunteers. It is a very readable and en- g tertaining book and an invaluable record of flt; the noble men living and dead, who com- n posed that gallant regiment. dCapt. Judson left the legal profession,which he had just entered, and volunteered d upon the first call of the country in April ; d 1861, and never laid uown his musket till j the enemies of the Union had grounded v theirs. Ever with his regiment, and his i regiment ever in the front, he was in all the c lights. When he laid down his gun after a march or a battle, it was only to take up his ( pen and indite patriotic and encouraging j j letters to our friends at home, which you will recollect were published in the Erie ] Disjxttch. You will also recollect that this i regiment was first commanded by Col. McLain one of the earliest and best beloved martyrs to the cause, from our section of4/ *the State, and subsequently by Col. Strong Vincent, who fell at Gettysburg, as accomplished a man and as brave an officer as the service could anywhere boast.You will do the surviving soldiers of this regiment in our County as well as the friends of the honored dead, a service by calling their attention to this book. The price (two dollars) will not be considered high when it is recollected that everything in the printing line has doubled in cost and that the sale, from the local-character of the book must be mostly confined to north-western Pennsylvania and therefore small. I hope that the soldiers friends in Warren who want a good book will purchase this, and thus save from pecuniary loss, on its publication, a soldier who served them four years without bountv and returned like hundreds of others full of honors, to be sure, but with impaired health, lost occupation and empty purse.Yours truly,G. W. SCOFIELD.
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Warren Mail
Warren, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Jan 06, 1866
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