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Letter, Joseph Price, Strawberry Plains, Jefferson County, Tennessee, to Abraham M. Price, New Winchester, Crawford County, Ohio, 1865 March 23

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Identifier: MSN/CW 5110-25
Scope and Contents Joseph Price recounts his regiment's route from Huntsville, Alabama, through Knoxville, Tennessee, to the banks of the Holston River at Strawberry Plains, 16 miles north of Knoxville, where his regiment has been camped for seven days. He relays several stories heard in the camp: "one is that Jeff Davis has abdicated and Lee is Dictator[.] another is that Lee is coming this way having abandoned Richmond to the Kangaroos[.] it is also reported that Sheridan is whipped but it is not...
Dates: 1865 March 23