Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Gevrez, Didier, d. 1890. Letter, 7 February 1863. 3 pages.
Call No.
Mss. C G
Content
A letter written during the Civil War by Didier Gevrez, a soldier in Company A of the 36th Ohio Infantry. Gevrez writes to his father from Nashville, Tennessee on 7 February 1863. Gevrez is traveling to Tennessee on the steamboat Odd Fellow and complains about crowded conditions on the boat. He also writes about a failed attack by Confederate troops on Fort Donelson on the 3rd of February. He describes the countryside around Nashville as rough; there are very few houses along the river, with the exception of the towns they pass.