Transcript of a letter from I. G. Patten near Atlanta, Georgia, to Mrs. I. B. Cadenhead.
In the letter Patten informs Mrs. Cadenhead of her husband's death on July 22. He died during a charge on the enemy's breastworks, and his body was left on the battlefield: "I saw him after he was ded and wood have taken his things out of his pocket but time wood not permit me to do s...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | In the letter Patten informs Mrs. Cadenhead of her husband's death on July 22. He died during a charge on the enemy's breastworks, and his body was left on the battlefield: "I saw him after he was ded and wood have taken his things out of his pocket but time wood not permit me to do so." Patten writes Mrs. Cadenhead because one of her letters arrived at the camp after her husband's death: "I felt it my duty to ansor it and let you no what has become of him." [Original spelling retained.] |
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