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Robert Gould Shaw

Christmas 1861 – Robert Gould Shaw’s Holiday Letter From Frederick, Maryland

Posted on December 21, 2016April 8, 2025 by Jake Wynn

Robert Gould Shaw wrote this letter to his mother while sitting in his guard tent three miles east of Frederick, Maryland early on Christmas Day 1861.

Posted in Civil WarTagged American Civil War, Christmas, Civil War, Featured, Frederick, Holiday, Maryland, Robert Gould Shaw1 Comment

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