8 January 1865

Houghton, M., fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to a family member

"[Nashville is] under the control of our guns from the forts and batteries...I saw 3 or 4 dead Rebs still lying on the ground unburied and some that had been buried with some parts still visible above the ground...the point B.F. is where the greatest slaughter was made in our ranks. It was a charge that was made on a Rebel battery on quite a high steep hill...the charge was mostly done by colored troops...everything here is under martial law..." With autograph map on last page showing railroad lines, roads, the scene of charge by Colored troops, Confederate lines, batteries, trenches,…

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