Figures, Henry Stokes, 1844-1864 to my dear Ma

GLC00653.01.29

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GLC#
GLC00653.01.29-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
October 6, 1863
Author/Creator
Figures, Henry Stokes, 1844-1864
Title
to my dear Ma
Place Written
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Pagination
5 p. : Height: 15.5 cm, Width: 23 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

He has some ladies' shoes he plans to give his mother when he finally sees her. From Colonel Sheffield, he hired a boy, possibly an enslaved individual at 20 dollars per month. Letter is very faded and illegible. Discusses family business, as well as deaths in the area and in the regiment, for which he wishes to have some part in doing service to the names of the fallen. Letter written near Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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