Cook, George B., fl. 1845-1865 to father

GLC00653.22.17

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GLC#
GLC00653.22.17-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
March 23, 1865
Author/Creator
Cook, George B., fl. 1845-1865
Title
to father
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 20.7 cm, Width: 13.7 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

George B. Cook writes in response to his father's letter from March 13th. He is well and it was good to hear from them again. It has been a long time since he has received a letter. "We haven't had any mail for a month." Nothing new to write about. "We have had a heap of hard fighting" in the past two weeks. Losses were heavy. He lost a man in his own company named W. B. Sport. He had a hole shot in his coattail, but was not injured. He heard that the news at home was that "I had my thigh shot off," but this is not true. W.G. Brown and W.F. Anderson are both well.

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