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Writer: William Harrison Githens Writer's location: Field hospital three miles north of Chattanooga, TNAddressee: Wife, 9/30/1863

 unspecified — Box: 4, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents

Terrible battle on Sunday-"we had 90 ambulances and about 40 wagons loaded-estimated at 700 wounded some of them very badly." "Sixty miles over the mountains"..."six days going and coming"-"thousands of wounded here in tents"..."our boys have proved themselves brave and noble soldiers".Number of pages: 4

Dates

  • 9/30/1863

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

1.5 cubic feet. (1.5 cubic feet.)

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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