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- GLC#
- GLC08312
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 13 September 1864 - 25 September 1864
- Author/Creator
- Githens, William, fl. 1864
- Title
- Two letters from the Illinois surgeon on the burning of Atlanta and conduct of the war. 1st letter to his daughter & the 2nd letter to his wife.
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Two letters from Illinois surgeon on the burning of Atlanta and conduct of the war: To Daughter: Confederate machine shops were burned and property destroyed; " I saw the flames rolling up mountains high, away off at Jonesboro nearly twenty miles away..."
To Wife: "Our Army is very much elated at the cheering news from Virgina - we hope they will keep it up."
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