Letters from James R. Riggs in a hospital at Chattanooga, Tennessee, to his sisters and brother-in-law in Prattville, Alabama.
During the Civil War, Riggs served in Company G of the 27th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. In the letter to Sallie he explains that he is ill again after having just been released from the hospital, and he mentions an anticipated battle with General Buell in Chattanooga: "They are making prepar...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/3168 |