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Wheeler, Lysander, 1837-1917 to his parents and sister

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07460.010 Author/Creator: Wheeler, Lysander, 1837-1917 Place Written: Tunnel Hill, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 January 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 23.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Lysander recounts how they surrounded and ambushed a suspected secessionist's house during the night, only to find nothing. The secessionist claimed to be a Unionist but admitted his brother is in the Confederate Army and that there were things hidden on the plantation. Reports Lieut. Timothy Wells and Capt. Alexander Warner have been petitioned to resign by all of the officers. Wheeler explains that he signed the petition for Warner because Warner wanted Darius, Wheeler's brother-in-law, to sleep with his negro servant.

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