Shifflet, Hillary (1823-1863) to Jemima Shifflet
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02174.03 Author/Creator: Shifflet, Hillary (1823-1863) Place Written: Camp Andy Johnson, Davidson County, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 March 1862 Pagination: 4 p. Order a Copy
Written on patriotic stationery. Shifflet was very thankful to receive the box of chicken, pies, and cakes she sent as he "had nothing fit to eat for three weeks" and "it puts me in mind of home." He expects to see the family very soon if all goes as expected though "the prospect is now that we will have a fight." The Confederates attacked their picket lines the night before and his regiment stood picket twice but the "rebbles didn come" and it rained "as hard as I ever seen it." He believes "thar is a heep more danger to stand picket" than to fight on the battlefield. His regiment is considered "the best one out" even though it has not been in a fight yet. He will come home on a furlough "if the war donte end vary soon." Scribbles on bottom of fourth page, tear along fold in middle.
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