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Letter from W. Dwight Reinhardt in Tupelo, MS to Sarah Blackburn in Yadkin County, NC, 1862 July 8

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Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: In a letter from Tupelo, MS, dated July 8, 1862, W. Dwight Reinhardt, then a lieutenant with the 23rd Tennessee Infantry (CSA) writes to his "Dear Cousin Sallie" in Yadkin County, NC, regarding the army's impending move toward Tennessee. He also discusses how he had hoped to come to N.C. but the conscript came along & I have to stay which I do cherfully [sic]. After briefly passing along stories of a skirmish involving the 4th North Carolina regiment, Reinhardt concludes the letter with...
Dates: 1862 July 8