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Sayles, Sumner, fl. 1862-1868 to Isora Sayles

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.32.07 Author/Creator: Sayles, Sumner, fl. 1862-1868 Place Written: Memphis, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 1862-1865 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope Height: 13.9 cm, Width: 17.6 cm Order a Copy

Writes to his sister from a camp two miles outside of Memphis, Tennessee. Mentions having some hard marches since they have been there. Comments that they have marched some 200 miles. Thanks her or his father (he does not know which one) for sending him stamps. Informs her about a man named Spencer dying of typhoid. Reports that his captain is on a furlough because he accidentally shot himself in the arm. The envelope has an image of a women and a flag on it.

Sayles, Sumner, fl. 1862-1868
Sayles, Isora, fl. 1860-1868

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