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- GLC#
- GLC03523.20.14-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 27 July 1864
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Andrew, 1835-?
- Title
- to Sarah Knox
- Place Written
- Petersburg, Virginia
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 22 cm, Width: 26.1 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Knox writes to his wife from camp outside Petersburg, Virginia. Complains about the lack of letters from her. Expresses anxiety about her well-being. Suspects the siege has not begun yet. States he is not kept busy enough, and they cannot get the rebels to fire a shell at their battery. Claims he has never missed her more. Reports he has a severe cold. Mentions two men in the company died of typhoid fever. Letter continues on 28 July 1864. Says the rebels opened fire and he had to return fire for two hours which silenced them.
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