Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892 to James Seddon

GLC01810

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GLC#
GLC01810
Type
Letters
Date
March 1, 1863
Author/Creator
Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892
Title
to James Seddon
Place Written
Tullahoma, Tennessee
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 25.5 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Confederate Colonel Gibson writes to the Confederate Secretary of War to protest being relieved of command and demoted to an inferior office. He had succeeded Brigadier General Daniel Adams after Adams was wounded at Murfreesboro and had just been reassigned to "conscript and recruiting service." He considers the action "arbitrary and unjust - as depriving me of my dearest rights as a soldier and degrading me in the eyes of my comrades in arms." Letter written from the Headquarters of Adams' Brigade.

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