Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864 to Joseph Wheeler

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GLC#
GLC03023
Type
Letters
Date
2 June 1863
Author/Creator
Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864
Title
to Joseph Wheeler
Place Written
Sparta, Tennessee
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 24 cm, Width: 21 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Requests a leave of absence to be with his family. Requested the leave because he wished to move his pregnant wife to her aunt's home in Augusta, Georgia. The request was denied at the insistence of Braxton Bragg, who felt that an advance from Union General Rosecrans was imminent, and that Morgan was therefore needed in the field.

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