- GLC#
- GLC03523.23.10-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- March 7, 1863
- Author/Creator
- Allison, William A., fl. 1861-1865
- Title
- to Stockton Bates
- Place Written
- Forest Oak, Virginia
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 25.2 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Complains about the slow news to arrive from Philadelphia or New York. Describes the visits of local citizens to their camp out of curiosity. The Regiment has several POWs under charge of desertion. Mentions black soldiers, one of whom escaped from his master during a battle. Describes alcohol use.
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