Wheeler, Lysander, 1837-1917 to his parents and sister
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07460.004 Author/Creator: Wheeler, Lysander, 1837-1917 Place Written: Bowling Green, Kentucky Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 November 1862 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 15.5 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
He advises his family not to worry about writing him when he's marching because the mail follows closely behind. Writes that it is sixty-eight miles to Nashville by railroad and there are too many men to transport by train. Some of the men have fallen out since they began marching but he supposes they may have been taken to Missouri.
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