Holly, William H., ?-1864 to Mary Ann Davis

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GLC#
GLC02165.13-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
16 November 1862
Author/Creator
Holly, William H., ?-1864
Title
to Mary Ann Davis
Place Written
New Orleans, Louisiana
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Written at Camp Stevens to a friend. Criticizes the self-interest that seems to taint much of the war and harsh officers who are "inferior in every thing" who "curse and damn you;" however, when they do this, he threatens to report them and they stop. Talks of his attempts to be assigned a "situation," either with a Dr. Steward or with the brigade quartermaster, as a "private soldier does not have any influence, he is looked upon as a mere machine."

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