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- GLC#
- GLC00887
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- May 14, 1865
- Author/Creator
- Smith, Thomas B., 1838-1923
- Title
- to unknown
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 13 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Letter addressed to "Dear Col." Smith, a Confederate brigadier general, writes as a prisoner of war in Fort Warren, Boston, Massachusetts. "I have applied this morning to the Sect. of War to take the Oath of Allegiance. I think the cause for which we have so long contended perfectly hopeless ... I don't think there is anything to be gained by staying longer in prison." He states that he would like the recipient to accompany him to Tennessee if he so decides.
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