Morris, Wilmor W., fl. 1861-1862 to: Tilley Wilson.

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GLC#
GLC06451.037-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1861/09/12
Author/Creator
Morris, Wilmor W., fl. 1861-1862
Title
to: Tilley Wilson.
Place Written
Camp Hays, Washington, D.C.
Pagination
4 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Wilmor has heard that "the battle of yesterday is in our favor…our men took 1300 prisoners and 18 army wagons [but] it may not be true." He was only given "a pair of shoes a gunn a flanel shirt a pair of drawers." His camp moved so that is just half a mile from the capitol. He lightheartedly describes the goats nearby, wishing he could send one "by mail to you." The firing he heard earlier was a skirmish, "the rebbles wer[e] drove back" but "we lost 6 men."

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