Civil War & Reconstruction
Captured And Feeling Melancholy In A Prison Camp
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Johnson’s Island. Jan. 3rd 1863
[Should be 1864]
Dear Sister;
Hardest Time Ever
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Camp Near Gadsden, Ala
October 21, 1864
My Dear Sister
It has been almost a long month since I have had an opportunity of writing to you. There was a mail sent out last week but I did not find it out in time to write but sent you all a message by Jim Jackson’s letter which I knew would be better than nothing.
Confederate Treatment Of A Black Union Soldier
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Head Quarters Post
Vidalia La. July, 29, 1964
Commanding Officer
Confederate Forces
Trinity La.
Sir:
In the skirmish on the 22nd inst. a colored soldier by the name of Wilson Woods, Corporal A. Company 6th U. S. C. Arty. was captured by the Confederate forces. I have since learned that he was seriously wounded.
Marching Through Mississippi
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Grenada, Yalobusha County, Mississippi April 28, 1863
Dear Mother,