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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.42.33 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 October 1863 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope Height: 15.8 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Writes that they were very happy to receive his letter. They were worried that he would not receive their letter as he changes his position so often. Asks that he write to them again. His friends are glad that they enjoy their letters and are happy that he praises them so much. They have heard many "exaggerated accounts" of the battle [of Chickamauga]. The Copperheads in the North are deeming the battle a "defeat" of Union Major General William Rosecrans. From the latest reports, it appears, that the "rebs had much the worst of it." Hopes that Rosecrans will be spared so that he can go on to fight the Confederates again. Writes that the other army of the north [the Army of the Potomac] is full of "do-nothings." Thinks that the Army of the Potomac advances too cautiously and when they see or think they see the "shadows of approaching Rebels" the whole army retreats. Questions the bravery of the Army of the Potomac.

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