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Wheeler, Lysander, 1837-1917 to his parents, brother-in-law, and sister

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07460.071 Author/Creator: Wheeler, Lysander, 1837-1917 Place Written: Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 March 1864 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 24.7 cm Order a Copy

Written at Camp of 105th Illinois Regiment, eight miles from Chattanooga, Tennessee. The regiment has marched from Bridgeport, Alabama to Chattanooga, Tennessee. He describes this as the hardest march the regiment has ever had. He also reports that the roads were in very poor condition. Thanks his family for sending him the trunk of provisions and is very grateful to the family friends who also sent him some items. Notes that there were a great many dead mules along the road from Bridgeport, most of them shot by the rebels on the other side of the Tennessee River. Writes that the regiment will be reviewed by the corps, commander General Harvard [?] whom is rumored to have one arm, losing the arm at the Battle of Gettysburg.

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