Lea, H.M. Letter. 27 January 1862. 2pp.
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Lea's letter to his son in the Confederate Army describes planting crops. picking and ginning cotton and slaughtering livestock on the family farm, but states all of it does not compare to war matters. Lea also notes the Confederate defeat at Mill Spring and Zollicoffer's death.
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