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Green, Andrew Y., ca. 1841-1864. Letter, 1 Nov. 1863. 4 pp.
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Mss. C G
Content
In a letter from Bridgeport, Alabama dated 1 November 1863, Pvt. Andrew Y. Green provides a secondhand account of the recent night action at Wauhatchie, Tennessee to his uncle in Forestburgh, New York. A member of Independent Battery E, Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Green relates that the Union forces crossed the Tennessee River at Bridgeport on the night of 27 October and marched toward Chattanooga. On the night of the 28th-29th, he continues, the Union camp was attacked by a large Confederate force. He learned, "The two lines of Battles was not over 75 or 100 yards apart," adding, "Our boys say it was the most desperate fighting they ever had." He describes the casualties in his unit and adds that the 143rd New York Infantry also participated in the fighting, noting that his brother Edward, a member of that command was "all right." He concludes the letter by stating, "The report is here that the (Union) army at Chattanooga is on 1/2 rations."