Private Philip W. Hudson of Manchester Connecticut enlisted in Infantry Company A of the 1st Connecticut Volunteer Regiment on April 20th, 1861.
Here is a post of a letter he wrote home from Virginia on May 17th, 1861. It provides good details of the regimen of camp life at this time.
Image: Pvt. Asa Adell Holbrook, Co. F, 14th New York State Militia
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Pre-war clerk. Eventually promoted to Sergeant, he was wounded in the right
shoulder and arm at Chancellorsville. His father traveled from Brooklyn to
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