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- GLC#
- GLC00444
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- January 22, 1864
- Author/Creator
- Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879
- Title
- to John G. Walker
- Place Written
- Alexandria, Louisiana
- Pagination
- 7 p. : Height: 25.5 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
The letter discusses the stay of execution of a soldier. Writes that he has applied to Confederate General Kirby Smith to send an engineer to assist with building defensive works on the rivers. Mentions the affair of Brigadier General Jean J. A. A. Mouton. Comments on rations and the hunger of the soldiers. Speaks of preparing troops for the Red River campaign and comments on a group of young Texas soldiers who had fallen into disfavor.
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