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Tate, Jeremiah M., fl. 1829-1877 to Mary

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02082.33 Author/Creator: Tate, Jeremiah M., fl. 1829-1877 Place Written: Fredericksburg, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 May 1863 Pagination: 6 p. ; 23 x 17.5 cm. Order a Copy

Writes to his sister Mary about the Battle of Chancellorsville. Discusses those wounded and burned to death and mentions that Jackson has been shot.

Tate, Jeremiah M., fl. 1829-1877
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall," 1824-1863

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