to sister Martha and all at home

Wheeler, Lysander, 1837-1917 to sister Martha and all at home

GLC07460.090

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GLC#
GLC07460.090-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
29 July 1864
Author/Creator
Wheeler, Lysander, 1837-1917
Title
to sister Martha and all at home
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
4 p. : envelope Height: 20 cm, Width: 25.8 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Written at the Camp of the 105th Illinois regiment near the Chattahoochee River in Georgia. Writes that the 20th Corps. has moved back towards the rear closer to the river. His picket did not leave the front line until four in the morning. The 1st Division was then deployed near the bridge acting in support of the rear. His regiment worked all day felling trees to their front. Write that some Confederates pickets advanced but made no aggressive movement. The 2nd Division crossed the river on 16 and 17 July. The other two brigades of the division moved down river to ford there and skirmished with Confederates losing two men. Each of the divisions are posted a distance apart along the river. Writes that they are now camped at a good location with plenty of good water.

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