- GLC#
- GLC04501.017-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- January 16, 1862
- Author/Creator
- Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892
- Title
- to his father Tobias Gibson
- Place Written
- Columbus, Kentucky
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
He has just learned that a large Federal force is moving against their position and writes his father that they soon may be surrounded. Gibson signs using his full name.
In part: "I have just returned from a meeting of the General Officers at Head Quarters and it is now reduced to a certainty - that the enemy is moving against us, in very large force. Before this letter reaches its destination you will probably hear that we are surrounde dor that a great battle has been fought. We have a large supply of army stores and can live for several months - two at least. Our cause is just and must receive the smiles of that Righteous Being - the Creator of all who ever protects the Right."
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