Parrott, Henry C., fl. 1861-1877 to sister

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GLC#
GLC03858.02.02-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
31 October 1862
Author/Creator
Parrott, Henry C., fl. 1861-1877
Title
to sister
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
4 p. : docket ; Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 25.3 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

It is difficult to find water on march as the streams have all dried up; the river they are camped by is the first running water he has seen since they crossed the Ohio. He read a letter from his father to John and found it most encouraging. The regiment was "pretty badly cut to pieces at Perrysville;" "the boys fell around me as fast as grass before a scythe." He is now Orderly Sergeant.

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