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- GLC#
- GLC07006.06-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 23, 1863
- Author/Creator
- Brunt, William, fl. 1863-1865
- Title
- to Martha Weir
- Place Written
- Dover, Tennessee
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 13 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Brunt tells Martha how much he enjoys receiving her letters, "for they are full of pure lofty Patriotism." One again, mentions his devotion to the cause of the Union and the emancipated slaves under his command: "I tell them that true manhood lies in the mental worth not in the color of the skin nor in the stature or size of the frame." Writes that his wife is happy at the camp. Expresses his intense anger with draft dodgers and hopes that they "may Each be afficted [sic] with whatever desease they seek to counterfeit." Written at Fort Donelson.
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