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- GLC#
- GLC07705.177-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- September 30, 1863-October 1, 1863
- Author/Creator
- Jackson, Richard H., fl. 1861-1865
- Title
- to Father
- Place Written
- Morris Island, South Carolina
- Pagination
- 10 p. : docket Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
One of their heavy batteries opened fire and shot Johnson, then threw some shells into Sumter....has been installed as a caterer...seems to be improving on his arithimetic. He feels contempt for the Watson family.
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