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Letter, 1863
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From the Collection:
This collection consists of an American Civil War letter from James C. Franklin, a soldier in Company D, 57th Virginia Infantry of the Confederate Army, to his wife Susan in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Writing from a camp near Guinea Station, Virginia, Franklin describes a recent, difficult march through rain and snow near Fredericksburg. He then briefly recounts a massive snowball fight between Toombs' Brigade and Cross's Brigade. "It was verry dangerous they hurt some of the men verry...
Dates:
1863