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Nelson, William Cowper, 1841-1904

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Nelson_WC_b1f62

Recipient

Thomas Nelson (b. ca. 1848)

Publication Date

10-6-1862

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Difficulty of writing in camp; talks about the battle of Maryland Heights and Antietam both in Maryland; speaks about death and wounding others; took a haversack full of food from the enemy.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Maryland Campaign, 1862; Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Soldiers -- Wounds and injuries; Death; Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 9th; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 17th. Company G

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correspondence

City

Winchester (Va.)

Original Collection

William Cowper Nelson Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

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Also included in the Civil War in the American South collection.

William C. Nelson to Thomas Nelson (6 October 1862)

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