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- GLC#
- GLC06728.063-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 7 January 1864
- Author/Creator
- Weeks, John F., fl. 1860-1882
- Title
- to his parents
- Place Written
- Strawberry Plains, TN
- Pagination
- 4 p : envelope Height: 12.7 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Writes that three fourths of his regiment has reenlisted, but he does not feel that $402 is enough incentive for him to reenlist. Reports that he has been assigned duty in the 88th Illinois, Co. K. Also writes that Grant had visited Sheridan's headquarters about a week ago. Rations are short, so many of the soldiers have to grate corn in order to have something to eat. Writes about a camp dish named "sun of a Bitch" consisting of crackers fried in grease. Expects to be home at the end of the current term of service. Includes a note dated 9th of January 1864 in which he writes about the current weather and the land that the brigade has cut while at the camp.
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