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- GLC#
- GLC02176.21-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 14 October 1864
- Author/Creator
- Wood, Matthew, fl. 1862-1865
- Title
- to Sarah Wood
- Place Written
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 20.1 cm, Width: 25.2 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Written from Camp Webster to his wife. Describes the movements of his regiment (9th Ohio Cavalry) in pursuit of General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his men. While still ill, hopes to be reunited with his regiment, as "It would be the next thing to getting home to get to the company with the boys that I have soldiered so long with." Mentions the attempts by one of his comrades to obtain a furlough because of illness. Concludes with, "Hurrrah for Lincoln and Jonson! and the union forever, is the sentiment of your soldier boy..."
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