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Identifier
clark_b1f19
Recipient
Margery B. Rogers Clark
Publication Date
1-18-1863
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Description
Albert Henry discussing the high rate of injury and death, the difficulties of being on the front and his fear of Isaac joining the war; says that there is "no honor attached to them that die in the army they are forgotten forever among those that were well" and hopes to be able to return. Also mentions rumors of harsh treatment of civilians by Union troops in Mississippi
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Troop movements; Confederate States of America. Army -- Leaves and furloughs; Soldiers -- Wounds and injuries; Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Confederate States of America. Army -- Recruiting and enlistment;; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 42nd. Company F; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
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correspondence
City
Goldsboro (N.C.)
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Original Collection
Clark Family Letters, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Also included in the Civil War in the American South collection.