Wheeler, Lysander, 1837-1917 to his parents and sister
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07460.018 Author/Creator: Wheeler, Lysander, 1837-1917 Place Written: Gallatin, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 25, 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : envelope Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy
He remarks "truly a soldier's life is a life of inequalities it learns a person to take everything as it comes." George Bowen has deserted; he was under 18 when he enlisted and his father came to get him but "failing to do it by fair means George ran away." Captain Warner denied having taken the men's board money (see GLC07460.015). Fields has been appointed the new Captain.
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