Box 1

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Incoming and outgoing letters (1897-1915) of Robert Dorsey Coale concern the Fifth Maryland Regiment's preparation for participation in the Spanish-American War, and many of the letters are from training camps in Tampa, Florida and Huntsville, Alabama. A letter from Coale to his mother, Caroline Dorsey Coale, dated June 9, 1898, discusses military management; says that there is confusion about the ultimate destination of the Division; expresses the opinion that much sympathy is wasted on the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Incoming and outgoing letters (1897-1915) of Robert Dorsey Coale concern the Fifth Maryland Regiment's preparation for participation in the Spanish-American War, and many of the letters are from training camps in Tampa, Florida and Huntsville, Alabama. A letter from Coale to his mother, Caroline Dorsey Coale, dated June 9, 1898, discusses military management; says that there is confusion about the ultimate destination of the Division; expresses the opinion that much sympathy is wasted on the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Incoming and outgoing letters (1897-1915) of Robert Dorsey Coale concern the Fifth Maryland Regiment's preparation for participation in the Spanish-American War, and many of the letters are from training camps in Tampa, Florida and Huntsville, Alabama. A letter from Coale to his mother, Caroline Dorsey Coale, dated June 9, 1898, discusses military management; says that there is confusion about the ultimate destination of the Division; expresses the opinion that much sympathy is wasted on the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Incoming and outgoing letters (1897-1915) of Robert Dorsey Coale concern the Fifth Maryland Regiment's preparation for participation in the Spanish-American War, and many of the letters are from training camps in Tampa, Florida and Huntsville, Alabama. A letter from Coale to his mother, Caroline Dorsey Coale, dated June 9, 1898, discusses military management; says that there is confusion about the ultimate destination of the Division; expresses the opinion that much sympathy is wasted on the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Incoming and outgoing letters (1897-1915) of Robert Dorsey Coale concern the Fifth Maryland Regiment's preparation for participation in the Spanish-American War, and many of the letters are from training camps in Tampa, Florida and Huntsville, Alabama. A letter from Coale to his mother, Caroline Dorsey Coale, dated June 9, 1898, discusses military management; says that there is confusion about the ultimate destination of the Division; expresses the opinion that much sympathy is wasted on the...