Correspondence
Identifier
Gage_b1f39
Publication Date
10-5-1862
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Description
Jeremiah discussing reports of the high mortality rate in his company, including that of his superiors, particularly at the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam). Also discusses purchasing some items for the family, and their prices, as well as a wealthy woman interested in marrying him.
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Soldiers -- Wounds and injuries; Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 11th. Company A; Dowry; Consumption (Economics); Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 11th. Company A; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Gage family -- Correspondence
Relational Format
Archival Material
Original Format
correspondence
City
Oxford (Miss.)
Finding Aid
Original Collection
Gage Family 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.