- GLC#
- GLC02715.019-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 5 July 1862
- Author/Creator
- Epperly, Christian M., 1837-1904
- Title
- to Mary Epperly
- Place Written
- Charles City County, Virginia
- Pagination
- 3 p. :
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Says his legs are swollen. Reports that the Confederates drove the Yankees back to the Chicahominy River. Believes they fought five or six battles in the last eight to ten days. Says his unit still has not fought in a "regular battle." He believes this series of battles will end the war. Contintues 6 July noting that his legs are better.
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