- GLC#
- GLC04501.009-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 21 November 1861
- Author/Creator
- Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892
- Title
- to his father Tobias Gibson
- Place Written
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Writes that his regiment has been ordered to Kentucky. "I am in the midst of departure for Ky. Bustle, Bustle on every hand and all alive with excitement - we go prepared for immediate action - and to sustain a sharp conflict. I believe my regiment will bear itself with credit and I shall lead it wherever the enemy shall make a stand...Expect we shall leave tomorrow or certainly the day after." Written at Camp Chlamette,
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