Epperly, Christian M., 1837-1904 to Mary Epperly

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GLC#
GLC02715.066-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
14 August 1863
Author/Creator
Epperly, Christian M., 1837-1904
Title
to Mary Epperly
Place Written
New Bells Bridge, Tennessee
Pagination
4 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Mentions that many men desert daily. Says that the loneliness is almost impossible to bare. If everyone else deserts, then he will too. Notes that they are near a paper mill and paper is very cheap. Adds his thoughts about the future of the Confederacy. "I dont believe in staying with the smallist [sic] and I think Session [sic] is amost [sic] dide [sic]out. I beleave [sic] it would a been a grate [sic] thing for us if it never had been a live."

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