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Letter from George at camp near Pittsburg Landing to Eliza, 1862 April 16

 File — Folder: 2, item: 3
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents Note

George writes of a forced march in order to fight at Shiloh. Although his regiment missed the battle, he speaks of what he understood to happen at the Battle of Shiloh. Writing of the dead left on the battlefield George says, I saw hundreds and hundreds of them.

Dates: 1862 April 16