Letter from Thomas Warrick near Dalton, Georgia, to his wife, Martha.
During the war, Warrick served in the Coosa Home Guards, and he was a private in Company C of the 34th Alabama Infantry. In the letter describes the battle in Chattanooga on November 24 and 25: "...the yankes drove us from our ditches and takend them from us tho it was a very hard fight for som...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | During the war, Warrick served in the Coosa Home Guards, and he was a private in Company C of the 34th Alabama Infantry. In the letter describes the battle in Chattanooga on November 24 and 25: "...the yankes drove us from our ditches and takend them from us tho it was a very hard fight for som time and at last we had to give up the ditches...and fall back to the top of the hill...we was all so tiard that we cod not doo any thing for some time and they came to the top of the hill and they drove us from...our batry and takend several of our company, or kild them." He believes that only darkness saved his unit from capture: "We lost 14 in this company and 17 in the redgment...and if it had not ben so near night I doo beleave that they wod a capturd us every one." A transcript of the letter is included. [Original spelling retained.] |
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