Cranor, Franklin, fl. 1862-1865 to Delia Slocum
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03791.011 Author/Creator: Cranor, Franklin, fl. 1862-1865 Place Written: Chattanooga, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 April 1864 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope Height: 21.2 cm, Width: 27.4 cm Order a Copy
Cranor reports his return to Chattanooga by train. He came through as a guard and didn't have to march. Despite the comfortable passage he reports that most want to return home but he himself does not with to go: "I would not take a discharge if they would offer it to me[.]" He thinks that he will go to the front soon and reports that he got a Henry rifle.
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