Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906 to Daniel H. Hill

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GLC#
GLC08972
Type
Letters
Date
January 21, 1865
Author/Creator
Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906
Title
to Daniel H. Hill
Place Written
Lawtonville, South Carolina
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 22 cm, Width: 18 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Reports from his scouts on the enemy's movements during Sherman's Carolina Campaign. Reports enemy's movement should be difficult because the "country was overflowed from the river, & the swamps so full as to be of very difficult passage." Less than two weeks later the Confederates at Lawtonville would be defeated in the Battle of Rivers' Bridge.

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