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

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GLC#
GLC03791.011-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
21 April 1864
Author/Creator
Cranor, Franklin, fl. 1862-1865
Title
to Delia Slocum
Place Written
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Pagination
3 p. : envelope Height: 21.2 cm, Width: 27.4 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Cranor reports his return to Chattanooga by train. He came through as a guard and didn't have to march. Despite the comfortable passage he reports that most want to return home but he himself does not with to go: "I would not take a discharge if they would offer it to me[.]" He thinks that he will go to the front soon and reports that he got a Henry rifle.

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