Correspondence
Other Form of Name
Roberts, Charles, 1831-1897
Identifier
Roberts_Charles_11
Recipient
Maggie McKee Roberts
Publication Date
10-3-1863
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Description
Writes of the Yankees strengthening their fortifications just as they bring more artillery to the front. Roberts writes that an officer told him the Confederates at the battlefield of Chickamauga have all been buried but that the Yankees are left to rot.
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Confederate States of America. Army -- Equipment; Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Death; Fortification; Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Confederate States of America. Army. Stanford's Light Artillery
Relational Format
Archival Material
Original Format
correspondence
City
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Finding Aid
Original Collection
Charles Roberts Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Comments
Also included in the Civil War in the American South collection.