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- GLC#
- GLC06383
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 22 June 1863
- Author/Creator
- Elliott, D., fl. 1863
- Title
- to his parents
- Place Written
- Youngs Plantation, Louisiana
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 21.6 cm, Width: 17 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Discusses the battle of Port Hudson: "Our works [19 gun battery] are 330 yards from the rebel's principal works." Writes of their improved situation: "A week ago I gave up hope, now I'm sanguine of the result." Written on the back of a blank Confederate imprint to purchase government lands.
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