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- GLC#
- GLC00653.01.19-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- May 22, 1863
- Author/Creator
- Figures, Henry Stokes, 1844-1864
- Title
- to Ma
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 31 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
In his letter, Henry Stokes Figures mentions that four men deserted but were caught and will be court marshaled. He asks his mother to make him new pants and a coat as the other coat she sent was 5 inches too short. Henry still hasn't received the appointment, and the missing soldiers, which now numbered 9, have been found. They are going to be brought before the Division Courts Marshall and Henry suspects that they will be shot. Also, Henry theorizes that he would be happy in the 48th, as he likes the Colonel and the Colonel likes him.
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