Morris, Wilmor W., fl. 1861-1862 to: "Brother an[d] friends."

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GLC#
GLC06451.049-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1862/06/10
Author/Creator
Morris, Wilmor W., fl. 1861-1862
Title
to: "Brother an[d] friends."
Place Written
Camp Fair Oak[s] 6 miles of Richmond, [Va.]
Pagination
4 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Wilmor is not sure whether Jesse went to Philadelphia or not but assures them that "god will shield us in the day of Battle." He describes the recent Battle of Fair Oaks, whose battlefield "was the most terrifying place I ever seen the dead lay thick." He claims the Confederates meant to take them all prisoner and "a heap of the nobility came out too see us runn." He has heard that the Confederate soldiers are tired and that they had to "force the North Carolina troops too fight they don't know that the state has returned too the union an[d] called her Troops home."

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