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

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GLC#
GLC03523.32.21-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
circa September
Author/Creator
Sayles, Sumner, fl. 1862-1868
Title
to Isora Skinkle
Place Written
Natchez, Mississippi
Pagination
3 p. : envelope Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 25.4 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Informs his sister that he will not be coming home on a furlough. Inquires on how her Sabbath school picnic went in Washington. Writes that there was an expedition in Louisiana to seek out the rebels. Reports that his brigade did not go on the expedition, they had to stay behind and guard Natchez, Louisiana. Reports that the rebels had sharpshooters that shot their men before they could be seen and that they blew up the magazine. Notes that they burnt the works before they left. Sumner Sayles' sister, Isora Sayles, has married and now goes by the name Isora Skinkle.

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