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Parrott, Henry C., fl. 1861-1877 to sister

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03858.02.02 Author/Creator: Parrott, Henry C., fl. 1861-1877 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 31 October 1862 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 25.3 cm Order a Copy

It is difficult to find water on march as the streams have all dried up; the river they are camped by is the first running water he has seen since they crossed the Ohio. He read a letter from his father to John and found it most encouraging. The regiment was "pretty badly cut to pieces at Perrysville;" "the boys fell around me as fast as grass before a scythe." He is now Orderly Sergeant.

Parrott, Henry C., fl. 1861-1877
Parrott, Sophia, fl. 1861-1877
Parrott, Margaret, fl. 1861-1877
Parrott, John A., fl. 1861-1877
Morgan, fl. 1861-1877
Post, Philip Sidney, 1833-1895
Rosecrans, William S., 1819-1898
Vallandingham, fl. 1861-1877
Bragg, fl. 1862-1865
Grose, William, 1812-1900

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