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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: M83- 5
Creator: Waters, Washington, 1827-1864
Title, Dates: Washington Waters letters, 1863-1864.
Amount: 1.00 folder
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Organization/Arrangement: Chronological.
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Biographical/Historical:     Washington Waters settled in Madison County, Florida, as a labor farmer prior to the Civil War. On February 28, 1863, he enlisted in the Confederate Army and served in Company C, 4th Florida Battalion of Infantry. He was demoted from the rank of corporal to private after being absent without leave. The 4th Florida fought in Virginia in 1864, and on August 4 of that year, Waters was hospitalized in Richmond. He died on August 6.
Summary:     The collection contains transcripts of two Civil War letters from Washington Waters to his wife that he wrote while in Marianna, Florida, on December 23, 1863, and March 17, 1864. Waters writes of his health and diet, poor medical attention, hopes for a furlough, and the treatment he received after being absent without leave. He devotes much of the letters to advising his wife on running the labor farm and selling goods.
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Reproduction Note: Transcript.
Location of Originals/Duplicates: Unknown.
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Ownership/Custodial History: The donor is a descendent of Washington Waters.
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Subject Access Fields: Confederate States of America. Army.  --Florida Infantry Battalion, 4th.
Civil War (Fla.)
Country life Florida
Florida History Civil War, 1861-1865
Madison County (Fla.)
Marianna (Fla.)
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