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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03859.15 Author/Creator: Churchill, Byron, 1846-? Place Written: Grand Junction, Tennesee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 01 March 1863 Pagination: 3 p. : Order a Copy

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."

Churchill, Byron, 1846-1933

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