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- GLC#
- GLC07460.115-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 27 March 1865
- Author/Creator
- Wheeler, Lysander, 1837-1917
- Title
- to his parents, brother-in-law, and sister
- Place Written
- Goldsboro, North Carolina
- Pagination
- 4 p. : envelope Height: 20 cm, Width: 25.2 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Writes that he is doing well and that the regiment is starting to receive a regular mail service. Since leaving Fayetteville, North Carolina there have been some hard fights. On 16 March their division and the First Division of the Corps. bore the brunt of the engagement with the Confederates. He reports that they charged into their works and captured three brass cannons. There were many dead and wounded as well as prisoners taken by the Union. One rebel prisoner stated that there was a 25,000 man brigade to their front. Writes that both sides suffered heavy losses. The rebels put up a difficult fight in each of their defensive lines. When night came they were ordered not to charge and began putting some logs for protection. When the morning came the Confederates had retreated from their position. The losses of the 105th were four killed, 12 wounded, and one taken prisoner.
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