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21 July 1862

Lewis, E.B., fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to [sir]

E.B. Lewis requests the assistance of the recipient of the letter in attaining a discharge for a close relation by the name of Joshua. The recipient is probably Augustus or Miller.

GLC02691.11.027

25 July 1862

Daniel, B. E., fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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

17 December 1862

Flora, fl. 1861-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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 thoroughly disillusioned with the war. "I will take your advice and never mar(r)y" she writes. She relates the death that surrounds her, and her disgust. "This wretched war, when will it cease?" She asks Miller about his recovery from the wound he endured, and wishes that he might visit her soon. The last line reads "From your affectionate coz.,…

GLC02691.11.029

5 January 1863

Flora, fl. 1861-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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 that it may be too late for him to repent. She vehemently tells Miller that if he had "any respect for my (her) feelings you will never mention his name with mine." He had accused her "of having a charm on the hill." In this, Miller's cousin claims that he was "more mistaken about that than you (he) ever were (was) about anything." She was "…

GLC02691.11.030

January 10, 1863

Fitts, W.H., fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Miller A. Wright

Letter from a provost marshal requesting that Miller bring his father to the officer's house for breakfast the following morning at 5:12. Written at a Military Post in Atlanta.

GLC02691.11.031

January 20, 1863

Wright, Augustus Romaldus, 1813-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Miller A. Wright

Augustus sends Miller a large sum of money for the purpose of settling his finances back home.

GLC02691.11.035

February 24, 1863

Wright, Augustus Romaldus, 1813-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Miller A. Wright

Augustus warns Miller about the promotion process in the military. He urges Miller to make sure that he will be better qualified than other officers, for even if some were of lower rank, they could still be promoted over his head. To this end, he suggests that Miller take to his books, and study military tactics. On the reverse of the letter, Augustus notes: "Alie had as well go to study too, if he ever expects to be anything but a private." Written in the Georgia State House of Representatives.

GLC02691.11.037

18 June 1863

Pryerley, Jake, fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Miller A. Wright

Soldier that was under Miller's command. Jake is "truly glad to hear" from Miller, but has "nothing in the way of news." He writes that the company is anxious to see Miller.

GLC02691.11.038

6 July 1863

Holmes, Roland, fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Miller A. Wright

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

GLC02691.11.040