Foote, Francis C., fl. 1863 to F. C. Foote
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08415.02 Author/Creator: Foote, Francis C., fl. 1863 Place Written: Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 May 1863 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope ; 20.2 x 25 cm. Order a Copy
Written in camp near Brookes Station. Foote writes to his parents in Westport, Connecticut. Informs them that his captain, H. P. Burr, is held as a prisoner in Richmond, Virginia, with a great number of his fellow Union soldiers. Reports "Scofield is dead our ambulances went over to the battle field the other day to the rebbes hospital to get our wounded and to bury the dead our Lutenant Cournel was shot in the eye and is dead on the field... there is a good many of our troops that have died since they have had their limbs taken off and they folks that have come from the hospital say that mortification sets in and they die so there is no help for them the boys that help to burry the dead say that they dont want to see another such a sight as long as they live and I dont think they will we are back in our old camp at Brookes Station and I think we shall stay for some time for we are cleaning it up all around and they say we are a going to a lay here all summer and I hope so... " Asks his parents to give his love to his friends.
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