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Roberts, Charles, 1831-1897

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Roberts_Charles_12

Recipient

Maggie McKee Roberts

Publication Date

10-14-1863

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Responds to letters from his Maggie and tells that he has a horse to ride home. Roberts writes of a battle on the 20th of September that he did not believe was decisive and says that they must move in order to get more food. He also predicts a struggle for the possession of Tennessee, where President Davis is located.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863; Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Confederate States of America. Army -- Equipment; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Confederate States of America. Army. Stanford's Light Artillery

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correspondence

City

Chickamauga (Ga.)

Original Collection

Charles Roberts Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

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

Charles Roberts to Maggie Roberts (14 October 1863)

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