Wood, Matthew, fl. 1861-1919 to Sarah Wood

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GLC02176.12
GLC#
GLC02176.12-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
January 11,1864
Author/Creator
Wood, Matthew, fl. 1861-1919
Title
to Sarah Wood
Place Written
Knoxville, Tennessee
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 20.1 cm, Width: 23.8 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Written from near Knoxville, Tennessee to his wife. Mentions his good appetite and ragged clothes, but quartermaster is requisitioning more, rumors that Generals Ulysses S. Grant and John Foster will soon defeat James Longstreet's men. Deliberates whether to send money to his wife. Mentions sending a verse by a Kentucky soldier. Talks again of religion and happiness that their deceased children are in a better place. Written on military stationery with the image of a camp.

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