- GLC#
- GLC03523.23.12-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- March 22, 1863
- Author/Creator
- Allison, William A., fl. 1861-1865
- Title
- to Stockton Bates
- Place Written
- Forest Oak, Virginia
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 25 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Describes the lack of religion in camp; his regiment has not had a chaplain since the battle of Fair Oaks (which took place 31 May and 1 June 1862). Comments on the Copperhead attempts to divide the North and its impact on the soldiers. There are several intelligent men in his company, though the majority have a common school education and a few are uneducated.
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