Civil War Letter: Parker, Benjamin Requesting Shirts ro Sister Louisa, 1864
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AM1993.37.34
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Civil War Letter: Parker, Benjamin Requesting Shirts to Sister Louisa, 1864. From Franklin, Louisiana. He tells of regiments going home on furlough. He asks for shirts without collars. The charge is $8.00 for a pair of checkered woolen shirts there. They went out 15 miles at 10:00 and when they got back saw a few rebs. but had no trouble with them as they had the whole regiment with them. They made a fine haul of pigs, chickens, geese, ducks and sugar. Dated February 11, 1864.
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Foraging during the Civil War, Franklin, Louisiana