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[Given name unread] Shaw (diphtheria report)

Birth: unknownDeath: unknown28 January 1863 letter.Girl whose death is reported; not identified with another Shaw. No exact death date.

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Letters from Indian Ridge: A Currituck Father Writes to His Son

From Indian Ridge, Joseph B. Morgan sent his son news of raids, illness, harvests and home. Read five complete letters from 1863–1864, reproduced with permission of the VMI Archives.