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Correspondence from Arthur H. Harris to George Carroll Harris, June 21, 1861

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Two-page letter from Arthur H. Harris of Monroe, Louisiana, to his brother George Carroll Harris of Nashville. He writes of his recruiting expedition and his rifle company, of recruits hankering for action, of George's desire for a chaplaincy, and of predicted Northern cowardice in the face of battle.[Page 1] “Monroe La. June 21st 61 Dear George Your telegraphic dispatch of the 15th was not received until a moment ago. Owing to my absence from home for the past week. I have been off on another recruiting expedition & have just returned to Town, dirty, dusty, & tired. I will therefore reply briefly to your enquiries & go home for a bath & a light colored linen. However I rather think that the information you seek was given in a letter I mailed to you about 10 days since. & it ought to have reached you by this time. If not within a day or two after your dispatch was sent off. Mike is in the 2nd Louisiana Regt. under the Command of Col De.Russy of Red River. They were stationed at Yorktown Va at last account & eager for a fuss of some kind or other. The cannons firing at Great Bethel were heard by the boys at Yorktown (10 miles distant) & they immediately hurried on there in double quick time but did not arrive at the battle ground until about an hour after the fun was all over. They hate it very much” [Page 2] “As to the...
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Keywords

  1. Civil War
  2. Civil War In The West
  3. Civil War Society
  4. United States
  5. United States History 1783 1865
  6. United States History 1849 1877
  7. United States History Civil War, 1861 1865
  8. War

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