Hutson, Charles J. (1842-1902) to Sarah McLeod
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08165.56 Author/Creator: Hutson, Charles J. (1842-1902) Place Written: Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 June 1863 Pagination: 4 p. Order a Copy
Discusses his regiment's movement into Pennsylvania. He has been instructed to observe the Sabbath. They will march to Strasburg tomorrow. Calls the movement into Pennsylvania a "grand expedition" and expects it to be fruitful. Describes Pennsylvania as beautiful and marvels at the apparent lack of impact of the Civil War on the people there. The people there have not refused to sell them foodstuffs and other goods, but his fellow soldiers have engaged in some pillaging that Hutson disapproves of. Hutson was a Corporal in the 1st South Carolina Infantry during the Civil War. McLeod was his mother. Written a few days before Gettysburg.
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