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- GLC#
- GLC07460.093-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 15 August 1864
- Author/Creator
- Wheeler, Lysander, 1837-1917
- Title
- to his brother-in-law Davis and all at home
- Place Written
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 25.9 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
He write that he is well but he cannot say so for other members of the regiment as they have just recently learned that Chas Tubbs has died. The report is that he died of the bloody flux [dysentery]. Details some of the other casualties received by the regiment. Writes that there has been a steady drain on the regiment and that the war must surely end when all men are dead, "offered up to the Goddess of Liberty." He hopes that the recent losses will not discourage the men as they must fight on in order to assure liberty. The men have been busy constructing a fort for the cannon. The rebels fired on their works but only for a short while. Reports that 11 Tennessee deserters came to their works. He writes to his brother-in-law that the band stays at least a mile to the rear. Writes about his feelings on death and the army.
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