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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02082.50 Author/Creator: Tate, Jeremiah M., fl. 1829-1877 Place Written: Orange, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 21, 1864 Pagination: 4 p. : Order a Copy

Discusses his return to old winter quarters. Mentions marching in the cold weather. Reports that the Yanks seized Tuscaloosa. Also Tate also worries about the seizure of Tuscaloosa and wishes for a furlough to "bush whack them." Also describes an interesting meeting in Richmond with the widow who cared for him when he was wounded in 1862.

Tate, Jeremiah M., fl. 1829-1877

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