Churchill, Byron, 1846-? to: Drazilla Churchill.

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GLC#
GLC03859.15-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
March 1, 1863
Author/Creator
Churchill, Byron, 1846-?
Title
to: Drazilla Churchill.
Place Written
Grand Junction, Tennesee
Pagination
3 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Churchill's regiment got into a brawl with soldiers and officers of the 46th Ohio Regiment after some of them had been drinking. No shots were fired, however, and Churchill expresses relief at this: "[I]t would have be a affle [awful] thing if we should of fired for we should have killed a greait [great] menny [many] of them and they of us."

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