Sayles, Sumner, fl. 1862-1868 to Isora Sayles

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GLC#
GLC03523.32.16-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
21 June 1863
Author/Creator
Sayles, Sumner, fl. 1862-1868
Title
to Isora Sayles
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
4 p. : envelope Height: 18.9 cm, Width: 23.9 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Writes to his sister. Discusses how a man named Erving A. Porter died. Writes that Erving got up at 3:00 am as usual to get a drink and then went back to bed and never woke up again. His bunk mate found him lying still in the morning with his hand crossed over his breast. Believes that he must have died peacefully. Sends his sympathies to Mrs. Porter. Request that she tell Mash that he must stick it out in his place for if he left nobody would have anything to do with him. Has an embossed seal in the upper corner.

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