Parrott, John A., fl. 1861-1877 to sister

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GLC#
GLC03858.01.14-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
February 14, 1863
Author/Creator
Parrott, John A., fl. 1861-1877
Title
to sister
Place Written
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Pagination
3 p. : Height: 25.8 cm, Width: 21 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

sister [Sophia Parrott] He is glad that she is improving. Eight to ten thousand men are building five forts and when they are finished "this place will be the strongest Fortified p[l]ace in Tenn[essee]." There are skirmishes nearly every day. A shell came very close to taking his head off but he heard it coming in time to jump off his horse and the shell passed across his saddle. He has had command of the regiment since the battle of 31 December and has heard from some of his men taken prisoner then.

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