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- Liz Bezera on 3 July 1864: “[...]we have fixed up our quarters with bowers, etc – very nice – I built me a spring bed two hickory poles – lay barrel staves on them – tack them down – and I have as good a bed as I want.”
- fletches on 24 June 1864: “…and as to taking off one’s shoes, that’s not to be dreamed of.”
- Todd Kesselring on 24 June 1864: “…and as to taking off one’s shoes, that’s not to be dreamed of.”
- Jason Tomberlin on 3 June 1864: “a circumstance which can hardly be looked upon as a positive loss . . .”
- Liz Bezera on 3 June 1864: “a circumstance which can hardly be looked upon as a positive loss . . .”
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31 January 1864: “some of the rebs says that they had to kill ther mules to keep from starving to death”
Item Description: 31 January 1864, letter from J. W. Clark, a Federal soldier at Camp Smith, Nashville, Tenn., to his brother giving news of friends and describing life around camp at Nashville. [Transcription available below image] Item Citation: Folder 2, John … Continue reading
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Tagged Camp Smith, deserters, food shortage, Nashville (T.N.)
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19 June 1863: “I wish you could see Johnnie in his dress, it hangs & fits beautifully.”
Item description: Letter, dated 19 June 1863, from Annie Maney Schon in Atlanta, Georgia, to her sister Bettie Maney Kimberly. The letter discusses the sewing of clothes, as well as whether the sisters’ parents would take the oath of allegiance … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Maney Schon, Atlanta (G.A.), Bettie Kimberly, Braxton Bragg, clothes, John Kimberly, Nashville (T.N.), oath of allegiance, scarcity, sewing
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