Parrott, Henry C., fl. 1861-1877 to sister

GLC03858.02.11

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GLC#
GLC03858.02.11-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
May 31, 1863
Author/Creator
Parrott, Henry C., fl. 1861-1877
Title
to sister
Place Written
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Pagination
4 p. : envelope Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 25 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

General Rosecrans is "still entrenching very strongly." Henry saw "one of the greatest traitors of our land," Vallandigham, as he passed through the Union lines to join the Rebel Army. John is not well. Signed with the rank of Lieutenant. Two poems follow in another hand, possibly Margaret's as her name appears below them.

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