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Chatham, Roland K., ca. 1834-1899. Letters, 1862-1897. 2 items.
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Mss. C C
Content
Chatham, a private in the 8th Texas Cavalry Regt., writes to his sister during a furlough To Mississippi in Dec., 1862, following a Prisoner exchange. He describes a cavalry operation near Bardstown, KY, during which he was shot in the head and subsequently taken prisoner. In 1897 he writes to the son of a couple in northern Mississippi who took him into their home in the spring of 1862 following the Battle of Shiloh and describes the care they had given him.