to Delia Slocum

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

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GLC#
GLC03791.007-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
16 July 1863
Author/Creator
Cranor, Franklin, fl. 1862-1865
Title
to Delia Slocum
Place Written
Pelham, Tennessee
Pagination
4 p. : envelope Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 25.4 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

re: Cranor describes the wet and muddy march from Murfreesboro to Pelham on the way to Chattanooga. He briefly mentions recent losses from small skirmishes but notes general success in getting the rebels of out Tennessee. He writes that Bragg's troops are deserting to Union lines and that the Confederacy s "losing from every point." He writes that at the end of his three year term he wants to enlist as cavalry if the war is still going on.

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