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- GLC#
- GLC07460.051-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1 October 1863
- Author/Creator
- Wheeler, Lysander, 1837-1917
- Title
- to his sister Martha [Spohn] and family
- Place Written
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Pagination
- 8 p. : envelope Height: 20 cm, Width: 12 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Reports on the continuous rainy weather. Comments on the quality of tents the soldiers are living in, stating that if they lived off what the government gave them it would be like lying on the ground with " two bed sheets over a ridge pole for a cover." Writes that three Army Corps will be passing through Nashville on their way to reinforce Rosecrans. Informs his family that a building in Nashville used as a barracks for imprisoned rebels has partially caved in, killing and injuring some ninety-five people. Hopes that his hometown friend, Ella Lattin, recovers her health. Writes that he will make his mother a ring when he finds a nice shell. Continues the letter on October 2nd. Describes receiving some shirts and food from home and spoils from a fellow soldier's maraudering. He is very thankful to his family and writes that he doesn't know how to repay them "unless it is to shoot a rebel." Reports that General Hooker is currently in Nashville to join the Army.
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