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- GLC#
- GLC02691.11.032-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- January 14, 1863
- Author/Creator
- Higdon, John B., fl. 1863
- Title
- to Miller A. Wright
- Place Written
- Port Royal, Virginia
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 19.4 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Higdon was an officer in the same company as Miller A. Wright. John informs Miller of the latest news of the regiment. Three men were caught trying to desert, and he is trying to get his troops ordered back to Georgia. He expresses frustration with Virginia, and Jackson's army. "I am heartily tired of this State service...I am willing to go anywhere so that we leave Jackson's Army, and Virginia...." Mentions another two men arrested and states "I would not be surprised if they were not shot."
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