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[special orders no. 40]

"Extract." Special Orders No. 40. Lieutenant Miller A Wright is relieved of military duty in the 38th Georgia Infantry as a result of his sickness.

GLC02691.11.025

to Miller A. Wright

Soldier asking for Miller's assistance in circumventing some of the military bureaucracy in attaining a furlough.
Written at Camp Winden Hospital.

GLC02691.11.028

to Miller A. Wright

Augustus made arrangements for Miller to keep a pistol. He fears that Grandma Richardson died the day he was writing. At home, they are planting corn.

GLC02691.11.023

to Miller A. Wright

Augustus sent Alie [a private in the army-see No. 34] to Miller's company, and his mother sent him a ham.

GLC02691.11.026

to Miller A. Wright

[cousin]. Flora is playfully upset with Miller for not writing recently, charging that she wrote to him last, and that it was several weeks ago that she sent the letter in question. However, she quickly darkens the tone of her prose. Flora is...

GLC02691.11.029

to Miller A. Wright

[cousin]. Flora tells Miller that she now has her own excuse for not writing recently. She has been looking after a dying man who has been staying at the house for some time. She is especially sorry that the man has not been religious of late, and...

GLC02691.11.030

[special orders no. 156]

The letter reads "Special Orders No. 156." Miller is to be assigned to a new command.

GLC02691.11.044

to Miller A. Wright

Pass for a furlough to Rome, GA for 17 days. Written at Provost Marshall's Office.

GLC02691.11.040

to Miller A. Wright

Military orders from a higher ranking officer. The precise content, however, is indeterminate. Faded ink has rendered this letter nearly illegible.

GLC02691.11.046

to Miller A. Wright

[cousin]. [bottom section of the page missing]. Flora has been afraid to send a letter for fear that it will get contaminated with smallpox. Her sister will no longer eat any meat for fear of the disease. The war has jaded her. Sometimes she...

GLC02691.11.050