Cranor, Franklin, fl. 1862-1865 to Delia Slocum

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GLC#
GLC03791.006-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
3 May 1863
Author/Creator
Cranor, Franklin, fl. 1862-1865
Title
to Delia Slocum
Place Written
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Pagination
3 p. : envelope Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 27 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

re: While camped near Murfreesboro in the months following the Battle of Stones Creek, Cranor describes how the Union soldiers have generally been causing trouble for the Confederates. He writes about Union "devilment" in McMinnville that resulted in the capture of 356 Confederate prisoners and the recapture of 15 Union men as well as the burning of houses, bridges, trains and a cotton factory, and the taking of meat and corn. He also briefly mentions some of the displaced families of the south. The troops took in several under Rosecrans demand that they make and oath of loyalty to the Union, even though, as Cranor observes. "union sitizens here is scarse and far between."

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