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Lieut. in 75th Illinois Vols. [decimalized]

1861-1865 ca.

Parrott, Henry C., fl. 1861-1877

GLC03858.02
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to sister

1861-1877

Parrott, Henry C., fl. 1861-1877

General Buckner is about three miles from their picket lines "and we must be on the watch for him for he is a cunning old cuss and keeps our Pickets in constant terror." Their lines "extend East & West for fifteen miles" and "they are slowly moving...

GLC03858.02.22
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to sister

8 November 1862

Parrott, Henry C., fl. 1861-1877

Henry has been on the march since he last wrote and expects to be for some time to come. There are about 40,000 troops there and more are always arriving. They killed fourteen men in a skirmish with Morgan's Cavalry.

GLC03858.02.03
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Autograph letter signed

to Maggie Parrot

4 December 1862

Parrott, Henry C., fl. 1861-1877

His General, P. Sidney Post, led them in Battalion Drill today. A Lieutenant Colonel from his regiment was taken prisoner while doing reconnaissance. "Secesh Cavalry are seen every day and occasional[l]y some are brought into camp." He mistook a...

GLC03858.02.06
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

Lieut. in 75th Illinois Vols. [word processed inventory available]

13 October 1862

Parrott, Henry C., fl. 1861-1877

Henry has been in one fight and it was a victory though 42 men were killed and 161 wounded in his regiment. He expects another fight this afternoon. The Confederates left without burying their dead and the men can barely walk around camp "at night...

GLC03858.02.01

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