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Nelson, William Cowper, 1841-1904

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Nelson_WC_b1f74

Recipient

Maria Courtney Goodrich Nelson

Publication Date

6-17-1863

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Describes being again on the march; they are hoping to go to Pennsylvania; rumors abound that it is Gen. Lee's intention to invade; the Army has been reorganized and instead of two Army corps they now have three; His Division is now a part of A.P. Hill's corps; Barksdale's Brigade and his friends from the 17th Mississippi still remain with Longstreet so he is separated from them; met Mrs. Gen. A.P. Hill; describes a visit with family in Virginia; notes that he no longer minds marching so much as he now has a horse

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Troop movements; Confederate States of America. Army -- Promotions; Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; 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

Culpeper (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 Maria C. Nelson (17 June 1863)

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