Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918 To his wife
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04558.139 Author/Creator: Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918 Place Written: Cold Harbor, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 June 1864 Pagination: 4 p. ; 18.5 x 11.5 cm. Order a Copy
Still in the rifle pits at Cold Harbor. "On the 6th a flag of truce was sent out for the purpose of burying our dead that lay outside of our lines and began to smell so as to make it very disagreeable for us but the rebs would to allow it, the next day another was sent that was more sucessfull and upwards of two hundred were buried."
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