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- GLC#
- GLC06728.057-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 28 October 1863
- Author/Creator
- Weeks, John F., fl. 1860-1882
- Title
- to his parents
- Place Written
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Pagination
- 3 p : envelope Height: 12.5 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Writes that he came back to camp to find that the men were living on half rations of hard tack and beef with no other food. Explains that the short rations are due to the limitations of transporting provisions. Reports that four soldiers were killed and some are missing. Also reports that only two hundred soldiers were mustered, fifty of which are sick. Writes that he can see the rebel camp from his camp. An agreement has been made between Union and Confederate pickets to not bother each other. Writes that the pickets have been exchanging papers, but the practice has now been prohibited. Reports that Grant is in town.
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