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Roberts, Charles, 1831-1897

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Identifier

Roberts_Charles_35

Recipient

Maggie McKee Roberts

Publication Date

1-21-1865

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Tells Maggie that after his last letter Roberts was sent to the Hospital because he had risings that made it impossible for him to ride or walk, but has since recovered. Now he will be going with Lee's Corps to Augusta, Georgia. He predicts that Sherman will keep all troops in Georgia busy and states that he would much rather remain in Mississippi. Roberts then tells stories of the hospital and how sad it made him to see sick people without a friend or family with them.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Health; Troop movements; Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; War -- Relief of sick and wounded; Sadness; Sherman's March to the Sea; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Confederate States of America. Army. Stanford's Light Artillery

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correspondence

City

Columbus (Miss.)

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 (21 January 1865)

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