Correspondence
Other Form of Name
Lofton, John Guy, 1832-1862
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Identifier
MUM00272, 1.15.
Recipient
Elizabeth Clark Lofton (b. ca. 1833)
Publication Date
10-20-1861
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Description
Complaining of not hearing from her, lack of sufficient warm clothing and blankets, and discussing an attack on batteries, capture of two Union boats, religious life and wickedness in camp, and admonishing her to raise their children in a righteous manner.
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Confederate States of America. Army -- Equipment; Religion; Religious education; Troop movements; Military maneuvers; Lofton, John Guy, 1832-1862; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 11th. Company H ; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Relational Format
Archival Material
Original Format
correspondence
City
Dumfries (Va.); Camp Fisher (Va.)
Finding Aid
Original Collection
John Guy Lofton Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Also included in the Civil War in the American South collection.