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- GLC#
- GLC02831.09-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 14 September 1863
- Author/Creator
- Alden, William H., 1844-?
- Title
- to Mother
- Place Written
- Fort Pierre
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 14.3 cm, Width: 21.2 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
He does not like how the officers have them attack the Indians at night since that is their best hold. It gives the Indians a chance to get away from them. They do not know how many Indians they killed since the Indians dragged off their dead. Instead, they leave their wounded in the field.
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