Newberry Library - Letter Chattanooga, Tenn., to "Dear Friend", Kalamazoo, Mich.?, 1864 May 28

Letter Chattanooga, Tenn., to "Dear Friend", Kalamazoo, Mich.?, 1864 May 28

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Open book Letter Chattanooga, Tenn., to "Dear Friend", Kalamazoo, Mich.?, 1864 May 28

Title Letter Chattanooga, Tenn., to "Dear Friend", Kalamazoo, Mich.?, 1864 May 28

Creator Marsh, Edgar T

Date 1864

Place Georgia--Resaca, Tennessee--Chattanooga, Georgia, United States

Language English

Subjects United States, Resaca, Battle of, Resaca, Ga., 1864, Soldiers

Summary May 28, 1864, letter from Edgar T. Marsh to an unnamed friend, describing the Battle of Resaca (Ga.), May 15, 1864, and its aftermath. Marsh describes Company F's battle position, the large number of casualties, and his own close encounters with bullets and balls. He also notes his post-battle detail at the field hospital, unsuccessful attempts to rejoin the regiment which was pushing toward Atlanta, and placement at a convalescent camp in Chattanooga.

Biographical/Historical Note Civil War soldier.

Extent 1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 21 cm

Format Correspondence, Manuscripts, Personal narratives, Sources

User-Contributed Transcription Chattanooga Tennessee
May 28th 1864
Dear Friend
You may think it courious that I have not writen to you in a good while. But I will tell you the reason why
I suppose you have heard of the fight that the 18th were in here at the front and how they were cut up The Company that I belong to went in to the fight witch 44 men and had sixteen men killed and wounded and the Lieutenant in command of the Company was hit by a rail that a canon ball hit and nocked back on to him witch laid him up for a while That left Company [[?]] with nothing but the ordley Sargent to lead

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Transcription Note This document was transcribed by volunteers as part of the Newberry Transcribe crowdsourcing initiative.

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection

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Call Number VAULT box Ayer MS 3130

BibID 991309878805867

Projects Tag Edward E. Ayer Digital CollectionIndexinBackground=1

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 1794px × 2879px 14.80 MB

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Filename 991309878805867_ayer_ms_3130_1r-02.tif

Unique Identifier NL12FJ1S

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