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1861-1877
Slocum, Delia, fl. 1861-1877
to Franklin Cranor
re: The transcript of a love poem probably kept from a longer letter from Slocum.
GLC03791.023
8 March 1865
Cranor, Franklin, fl. 1862-1865
to Delia Slocum
re: Reports that washed out bridges have resulted in no mail delivery for a week. He writes that lack of news has made him "tired and lonesome." After the arrival of the postmaster he closes his letter and reopens it the next day, where he mentions...
GLC03791.024
11 April 1865
re: Records the reaction in camp to Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox. "Cheering, yelling an shooting of there guns and it was kept up till about three Oclock this morning[.]"
GLC03791.025
28 April 1865
re: Cranor describes his move from Blue Springs back to Nashville and the somber mood present after Lincoln's assassination ("evry thing is dressed in mourning.") He writes that he talked to the "rebs" who said that they thought Johnson would be...
GLC03791.026
11 May 1865
re: Cranor reports there has been some speculation about getting out of the army in July, but he doesn't believe it. He reports on a recent severe storm and its destruction in camp.
GLC03791.027
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