Churchill, Byron, 1846-? to: Drazilla Churchill.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03859.25 Author/Creator: Churchill, Byron, 1846-? Place Written: Camp near Atlanta, Georgia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 August 1864 Pagination: 3 p. Order a Copy
Churchill reports very little going on: "[We] don't have ena thing [anything] to do onlee to eat and sleap." This respite apparently comes after a busy period of building works. Churchill received a letter from Olive in Illinois, who reports that "Andrew has enlisted and Weltha [?] is maried and her husben died in the armee about seven months after tha [they] was maried."
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