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Epperly, Christian M., 1837-1904 [A Confederate Assessment of the War]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02715.067 Author/Creator: Epperly, Christian M., 1837-1904 Place Written: Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 August 1863 Pagination: 4 p. : Order a Copy

Mentions the high price of food. States that he believes the Confederacy is doomed. "I beleave [sic] the South first started on a just course but our wickedness and diobediians [sic] has brought us to what [where] we are: and I dont think the South will stand much longer."

Epperly, Christian M., 1837-1904

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