- GLC#
- GLC03858.01.21-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 3 November 1863
- Author/Creator
- Parrott, John A., fl. 1861-1877
- Title
- to father
- Place Written
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 32 cm, Width: 20.8 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
father [C. Parrott] John's health is not good. Henry is now camped at Jasper, Tennessee. John's regiment is guarding a pass in the mountains and will remain there until the river is opened. He was nearly captured returning from Chattanooga; "the Rebs got after me and shot my horse from under me and I was compelled to take to the woods. Two of the men with him did not escape and were taken prisoner. He describes his trip to Chattanooga in detail. Written at Anderson's Cross Roads.
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