Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918 To his wife

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GLC#
GLC04558.055-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
23 November 1862
Author/Creator
Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918
Title
To his wife
Place Written
Camp near Fredericksburg, [Virginia]
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 23.5 cm, Width: 18 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Rainy weather, rebels hold city, rebel pickets taunting about election, Bull Run and Antietam; Colonel courtmartialed twice for drunkenness but cleared, Colonel and regiment's surgeon trying to get regiment out of battle area, soldiers mutilating themselves to get discharged, Italian soldier bayoneting a fellow Italian, with final note dated 11/24 3 AM regarding marching orders. Signature followed by postscript "The orders to march today is countermanded 5 oclock A.M." The letter is continued on October 24th.

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