Cranor, Franklin, fl. 1862-1865 to Delia Slocum
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03791.015 Author/Creator: Cranor, Franklin, fl. 1862-1865 Place Written: Marietta, Georgia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 July 1864 Pagination: 7 p. : envelope Height: 20.7 cm, Width: 27.2 cm Order a Copy
Written from the frontlines of the Atlanta Campaign Cranor reports that he has seen the worst of fighting, even more so than Stones River and Missionary Ridge. He wrote "that day was the first time ever I thought of getting killed in battel when we was fighting just to look and see men falling like they did." His company sustained heavy casualties: "we had 44 men I beleave, now we have twelve men for duty." He finishes on the topic of the photographs.
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