- GLC#
- GLC01013.21-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- July 28, 1863
- Author/Creator
- Lay, Creed A., fl. 1861-1864
- Title
- to his wife
- Place Written
- Mississippi
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 13 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Letter written from "Black River, Miss," possibly a reference to the Big Black River in Mississippi, which was in the vicinity of Vicksburg. Lay's unit was involved in the siege of Vicksburg; Confederate forces in Vicksburg surrendered on July 4, 1863.
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