to Delia Slocum

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

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GLC#
GLC03791.029-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
5 August 1865
Author/Creator
Cranor, Franklin, fl. 1862-1865
Title
to Delia Slocum
Place Written
Camp Erwin, Texas
Pagination
3 p. : envelope Height: 20 cm, Width: 24.8 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Records his crossing of the Gulf of Mexico and the sea sick boys. He writes that he got sick then and remains so. He writes that sickness has been a problem for the whole regiment and records the illness of two mutual acquaintances. He reports a desire to go home as he is "getting tired of the suny south," and closes by saying he is both "sick and out of heart."

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