Adams Express

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“Scene in Adams Express office, at Fortress Monroe, VA., in 1861- Volunteers receiving letters and packages from home. It is only those who had relatives in camp that could tell the feverish anxiety of the troops to hear from those they had left at home. We need hardly describe a scene which so thoroughly explains itself. The name of Adams Express was a household one, both to the donor and receiver of good things sent to the absent soldier.” — Frank Leslie, 1896

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Civil War, War, packages, soldiers, mail, Adams Express, post office, Fortress Monroe, letters

Galleries

1861-1865 Civil War Places, Post Office, Places in Virginia

Source

Frank Leslie Famous Leaders and Battle Scenes of the Civil War (New York, NY: Mrs. Frank Leslie, 1896)

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