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- GLC#
- GLC05009
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 25 September 1863
- Author/Creator
- Finley, Jesse J. (Jesse Johnson), 1812-1904
- Title
- to James Benagh
- Place Written
- Tennessee
- Pagination
- 8 p. : Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 14.4 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Finley, Colonel of the Sixth Florida Infantry, transmits a report of the Chickamauga Campaign to Captain Benagh, Assistant Adjutant General. Writes from Headquarters, Sixth Florida Volunteers, near Chattanooga. Details the Battle of Chickamauga, which took place 18-20 September 1863. Cites specific locations involved in the battle, participating officers, and troop position/movement, among other details. Lists the total number of casualties from his regiment at 165. Writes "For our Regiment (6th Fla) I can pay them no higher or more deserved compliment than to say they fully sustained the reputation which they so dearly earned in the bloody conflict of the day before." Marked as a copy. Accompanied by paper backing.
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