Letter: William J. Howe, Chickasaw, Alabama to Jeanette K. Howe, Alba, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, 1865 March 15
File — Box: 2, Folder: 86
Identifier: MSN/CW 1015-86
Scope and Contents
Howe notes that on the 13th the brigade began its summer campaign "which I expect will be down through Mississippi" (this would be Wilson's famous cavalry raid through Alabama and Georgia). He mentions that he was briefly captured by Confederate cavalry when out rounding up cattle, and robbed of everything by them.
Dates
- Creation: 1865 March 15
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Language of Materials
English
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