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Letter 13
Dublin Core
Title
Letter 13
Subject
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
Description
Leonidas Bryant to John Bryant, November 27, 1862
Creator
Leonidas Bryant
Source
Selvage Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Mars Hill University
Publisher
Southern Appalachian Archives, Liston B. Ramsey Center for Appalachian Studies, Mars Hill University
Date
1862-11-27
Rights
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Format
7 1/2 x 6 in.
Language
English
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
November 27 Camp of 6th
Dear Father [letter] [to hear that you was] south of Nashville on the Murfreesboro pike we have [missing words][p.2] days had three skirmishes with the rebs yesterday morning we was routed up at three o'clock and went as far as the pickets and formed a battle line and waited till daylight but the rebs did not come as we came in I left the company and took near [p.3] out on them i manage to capture six heads of cabbage. We had three of them for dinner yesterday and will have three more today the smoke bothers me so i will have to stop write down.
L.Bryant P.S. you can send my boots for me, expect to stay here some time.
Dear Father [letter] [to hear that you was] south of Nashville on the Murfreesboro pike we have [missing words][p.2] days had three skirmishes with the rebs yesterday morning we was routed up at three o'clock and went as far as the pickets and formed a battle line and waited till daylight but the rebs did not come as we came in I left the company and took near [p.3] out on them i manage to capture six heads of cabbage. We had three of them for dinner yesterday and will have three more today the smoke bothers me so i will have to stop write down.
L.Bryant P.S. you can send my boots for me, expect to stay here some time.
Original Format
Letter
Files
Collection
Citation
Leonidas Bryant, “Letter 13,” Southern Appalachian Archives Mars Hill University, accessed June 7, 2023, https://southernappalachianarchives.org/items/show/206.