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- GLC#
- GLC08165.69-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 16 March 1865
- Author/Creator
- Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902
- Title
- to Richard W. Hutson
- Place Written
- Petersburg, Virginia
- Pagination
- 6 p. :
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Discusses suffering in the south during the Civil War. He is getting along well in the army. He heard about the occupation of Orangeburg, South Carolina, but took longer to find out whether or not their family had left. Discusses correspondence (or a lack of) with various family members. He has heard that William T. Sherman has left their county and moved to the east. He has not changed location since his last letter. Calls the Union troops "lawless wretches" and hopes "the negroes have proved true and faithful." He would not be surprised if Richmond was lost. Discusses the Confederacy's right to independence. Heard about the death of Charlie Kerr. Charles Hutson was a Corporal in the 1st South Carolina Infantry during the Civil War. Richard was his father.
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