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Creator/Title
Pirtle, Alfred, 1837-1926. Letters, 1862-1863. 1 vol. A.L.S. 27 cm.
Call No.
Mss. A P672
Content
Civil War letters of Lieut. Alfred Pirtle of Louisville, Ky. to his parents, Judge and Mrs. Henry Pirtle, sisters and brothers. covering his service in the 10th Ohio Vol. Inf. under Major-Gen. Ormsby Mitchel on the march from Bowling Green, Ky. to Huntsville Ala.; service under Maj.-Gen. Lovell Rousseau on the return march to Bowling Green in Sept. 1862 and as Ordnance Officer of the 3rd Division; Battle of Murfreesboro; encampment near Murfreesboro, Jan.3 - June 23, 1863; aide-de-camp to Gen. William H. Lytle of the lat Brigade, 3rd Division 20th Army Corps, Apr. 20 - Sept. 19, 1863 when Gen. Lytle was killed at the Battle of Chickamauga; return to 10th Ohio Vol. Inf., Co. F; service in and near Chattanooga; description of the storming of Missionary Ridge. Accompanied by letters of recommendation of Lieut. Alfred Pirtle from Col. Curran Pope, Major Generale P. H. Sheridan, A.McD. Cook, Lovell H. Rousseau and George H. Thomas; a letter from Lieut.-Col. Joseph M. Burke to Lieut. Alfred Pirtle, dated Feb. 5, 1862; and letters to Mrs. Henry Pirtle from Col. William H. Lytle, James M. Barnard, Dr. T. S. Bell, Capt. James W. Abert and others, dated 1861-1863.