Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880 to Sarah B. Seddon
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00761 Author/Creator: Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: May 20, 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : envelope ; 18 x 11 cm. Order a Copy
Sends news home to his wife from wartime Richmond. Comments on working with Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Laments recent military engagements in Mississippi under generals John Pemberton and Joseph E. Johnston. Notes his anxiety about "our affairs in Miss." after the loss of Jackson, Mississippi to the Union Army. Comments that "Virginia is the sacred soil still."
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