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Identifier
Terrall_2
Publication Date
10-23-1862
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Description
Discusses Colonel Brown describing a return of wounded prisoners from Iuka, particularly a member of the 36th Mississippi Regiment, and speculates on the status of "Brother Jim". Also discusses a hospital in the Iuka Springs Hotel, which was available to private citizens as well as Confederate and Federal troops. Samuel details the death of "Brother Milton", who died in battle.
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Soldiers -- Wounds and injuries; Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Troop movements;; University of Mississippi -- Students; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Relational Format
Archival Material
Original Format
correspondence
City
Lumpkin's Mill (Miss.); Iuka (Miss.)
Original Collection
Samuel Terrall Letters (UMSMMSS Student Life), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Comments
Bottom portion of second page written as a re-direction from recipient, a sibling of Samuel [E Terrall?], to their father James.
Also included in the Civil War in the American South collection.